As November elections approach and hot topics based around national healthcare, the economy and the national debt…could the solution of tackling our nations obesity problem be the answer we are all looking for.
New research suggests that nearly 17% of U.S, medical costs can be blamed on obesity, close to twice the impact on medical spending as previously estimated.
This new research done by John Cawley of Cornell Universiy and Chad Meyerhoefer of Lehigh University estimate annual obesity related medical costs at around $168 billion dollars annually.
How does this equate to your wallet? Obesity adds over $2800 on average to peoples yearly medical bills.
If you are dealing with resistant weight loss, and would like not only save some money, but eliminate a number of health related risk factors, check with us on how we can help you lose those extra pounds.
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