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Obesity costs U.S. health system $147 billion: study

Posted on July 28, 2009 by EdR

By Julie Steenhuysen Julie Steenhuysen Mon Jul 27, 11:43 pm ET CHICAGO (Reuters) – Obesity-related diseases account for nearly 10 percent of all medical spending in the United States or an estimated $147 billion a year, U.S. researchers said Monday. … Continue reading →

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