The economic burden of obesity and diabetes

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At the end of last week, the Milken Institute, a non-profit, non-partisan think tank, released a report on the real economic costs of obesity and overweight in the United States. This report, unlike many estimates, includes both direct health care costs that are caused by obesity and overweight and indirect costs associated with lost productivity borne by patients and their employers. The total number is staggering: $1.72 trillion dollars each year. Ars Technica: A new, eye-wateringly high estimate of the cost of obesity in the US Like all estimates of this sort, this figure is undoubtably wrong, as it is built on many assumptions and imperfect underlying data. However, its scale should serve as a wake-up call to health policymakers, especially those in a position to invest in preventative public health initiatives. In the report’s executive summary, the Milken Institute’s authors write: Because obesity and overweight are major risk factors for a broad range of chronic...
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