Re:Being Fit May Be as Good for You as Not Smoking
by learc83 on Wednesday December 19, 2018 @11:48PM
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Overweight people are actually cheaper to care for in the long run.
"Although effective obesity prevention leads to a decrease in costs of obesity-related diseases, this decrease is offset by cost increases due to diseases unrelated to obesity in life-years gained. Obesity prevention may be an important and cost-effective way of improving public health, but it is not a cure for increasing health expenditures."
"Although effective obesity prevention leads to a decrease in costs of obesity-related diseases, this decrease is offset by cost increases due to diseases unrelated to obesity in life-years gained. Obesity prevention may be an important and cost-effective way of improving public health, but it is not a cure for increasing health expenditures."
https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/jo...