See how being fat weighs on the budget

Shortness of breath, pain and other hurdles can make it difficult for the obese to work.

The very obese can lose up to one month of productive work a year. Obese males can cost an average of $3,792 a year per man. That cost for obese women is $3,037 per woman each year.

That can be a total cost of $30 billion a year.