Alabama To Charge Obese State Employees More
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Published: Thu, July 17, 2008 - 9:56 am
Last Updated: Thu, July 17, 2008 - 10:04 am
Last Updated: Thu, July 17, 2008 - 10:04 am
accomplished by investing just $10 per person per year.
Researchers say that the price of a six-pack of beer and some
chips could fuel community programs that get couch potatoes moving,
prevent smoking and improve nutrition.
Invested over five years, the nation could cut health care costs
by more than 16 billion dollars annually. The analysis comes from
the nonprofit Trust for America's Health and a team of
public-health research groups.
Obesity, from poor nutrition and inactivity, and smoking are
blamed for much of the nation's heart disease, cancer, diabetes and
lung diseases. Those are the nation's leading public health
problems, fueling the 2 trillion dollars annually spent on health
care.
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