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05 February 2008
.: start up those bad habits again! :.
Fat People Cheaper to Treat, Study Says - AP/Wired
Preventing obesity and smoking can save lives, but it doesn't save
money, researchers reported Monday. It costs more to care for healthy
people who live years longer, according to a Dutch study that counters
the common perception that preventing obesity would save governments
millions of dollars.
"It was a small surprise," said Pieter van Baal, an economist at the
Netherlands' National Institute for Public Health and the Environment,
who led the study. "But it also makes sense. If you live longer, then
you cost the health system more."
In a paper published online Monday in the Public Library of Science
Medicine journal, Dutch researchers found that the health costs of thin
and healthy people in adulthood are more expensive than those of either
fat people or smokers.
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Posted by: Peter - 11:29 AM MST
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