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• Obesity costs balloon tenfold. From ’97 to ’02, Americans’ private spending on obesity-linked medical problems increased from $3.6 billion to $36.5 billion, and swelled from 2% of all health spending to 11.6%. A study published in the journal Health Affairs found the rise in obesity has boosted the costs for treating arthritis, asthma, diabetes and heart disease. In ’02, treating an obese person cost $1,244 more than treating a healthy-weight person.

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