Monday, June 1, 2015

New Lifetime Estimate of Obesity Costs: $92,235 Per Person | The Fiscal Times

New Lifetime Estimate of Obesity Costs: $92,235 Per Person | The Fiscal Times: "Now, a complex new study says that the lifetime societal and public health cost of obesity is on average $92,235 per person when compared with the costs associated with a person of normal weight.

Related: Budget Busting U.S. Obesity Costs Climb Past $300 Billion a Year

More than a third of all adult Americans – some 78.6 million people -- and 17 percent of young people are obese, according to research. Without major government and private intervention and a dramatic change in unhealthy eating habits, one study says the adult obesity rate could reach 50 percent by 2030.That means more obesity-related health problems such as Type 2 diabetes, coronary heart disease and stroke, hypertension, arthritis and even cancer."



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