Holy Cannoli, It Costs More to be a Plus-Sized Gal

Study reports a big bite into a financial whopper to be a big gal! It costs at least $4,879 more a year to be an obese woman than "regular-sized" and nearly twice what obese male counterparts have to pay, reports a study in The New York Post. "It's much harder to be an obese woman that an obese man," said researcher Christine Ferguson, a George Washington Universityprofessor." That $4,800 number is a very conservative number." The story continues to say that according to the study obese women don't earn as much as thinner ladies and rank in $1,855 less annually, while big guys are unaffected in the wage department. >> Plus Size Shopping Guide A body-mass index of more than

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