Keeping obesity rates level could save nearly $550 billion over 2 decades
Monday, May 7, 2012 - 14:30
in Health & Medicine
Researchers have forecast the cost savings and rise in obesity prevalence over the next two decades in a new public health study. The forecasting study found that 42 percent of the US population could be obese by 2030.
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