Obesity To Cost Health Care System $344 Billion A Year

“‘Obesity is going to be a leading driver in rising health-care costs,’ says Kenneth Thorpe, chairman of the department of health policy and management at Emory University in Atlanta. Thorpe did this special analysis on obesity for America’s Health Rankings, the 20th annual assessment of the nation’s health on a state-by-state basis. ” Link

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