Things I still can't do in November 2014

Re:Things I still can't do in November 2014 by gordaco on Sunday November 23, 2014 @06:45AM (#8648506)

Thanks. Quite a surprising finding. That article links to another one from the NY times [1], with this interesting line: The researchers found that from age 20 to 56, obese people racked up the most expensive health costs. But because both the smokers and the obese people died sooner than the healthy group, it cost less to treat them in the long run.

[1]: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/05/health/05iht-obese.1.97488...

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Re:Things I still can't do in November 2014 by flexie on Sunday November 23, 2014 @07:38AM (#8648609)

20-56 is the working age. If you wanna do this comparison you should include whether skinny people work more/pay more taxes while the obese are busy being sick. It gets complicated :-)

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Re:Things I still can't do in November 2014 by ElectricMonk79 on Sunday November 23, 2014 @07:41AM (#8648614)

Yes! :)

I love to tease the public health nazis with... "On average, fat people are healthier".

Funny because it's true.

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