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Obesity Costs More in Health Care than Smoking
According to a new report released, the high cost of obesity added $190 billion to the annual national healthcare budget. It has overtaken smoking as the public health enemy number one in the United States.
The high cost connected to obesity comes from different sources, such as the increased insurance premiums people had to pay to subsidize the added medical charges incurred by the obese as well as the impact of added weight on energy costs. The extra weight carried by vehicles is responsible for...