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Study says obese Americans spend more on health care

Study says obese Americans spend more on health care

A study released Monday said that obese Americans spend about 42 percent more on health care than normal-weight persons. According to the study published in the journal Health Affairs, medical spending on obesity-related conditions is estimated to have reached $147 billion a year in 2008. This accounts for almost 10 percent of all medical spending. [...]

Overweight people live longer than the ideal-weighted

Overweight people live longer than the ideal-weighted

A new study has concluded something a bit askew of what people are normally impressed of: overweight people tend to live longer than people with ‘ideal’ weights.

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