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Fat People Die Sooner, Cost Less for Healthcare
Weight-loss products are part of a multibillion dollar industry aimed at combating the worldwide obesity epidemic. Many argue that obesity leads to a number of serious medical conditions that cost governments millions of dollars to treat. It stands to reason, then, that preventing obesity could significantly reduce healthcare spending; but a group of Dutch researchers has concluded that the health costs associated with thin, healthy adults are greater than those of either obese people or smokers. The researchers found that while obese people rack up the most expensive health costs earlier in life, they die sooner than healthy people and cost less to treat in the long run.
Fat People Die Sooner, Cost Less for Healthcare
Weight-loss products are part of a multibillion dollar industry aimed at combating the worldwide obesity epidemic. Many argue that obesity leads to a number of serious medical conditions that cost governments millions of dollars to treat. It stands to reason, then, that preventing obesity could significantly reduce healthcare spending; but a group of Dutch researchers has concluded that the health costs associated with thin, healthy adults are greater than those of either obese people or smokers. The researchers found that while obese people rack up the most expensive health costs earlier in life, they die sooner than healthy people and cost less to treat in the long run.
