Doctoral student works with UGA Obesity Initiative to see how obesity effects work wages | Online Athens

The idea that obesity leads to health risks is not new information to the public, but the fact that it could result in lower wages in the workplace might be.

In his study “Is it better to be overweight in Canada or the United States?,” Michael Kofoed, a doctoral student in the Department of Economics at Terry College of Business, hopes to answer the question: Does obesity influence unemployment and wages and, if so, how much money do obese people lose in a labor market that uses an employer-based health insurance system — like the one used in the United States — versus a single-payer system where the government pays for health insurance — like the one used in Canada.

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