Feb
18
With former president Bill Clinton blaming his heart problems in part on the Haiti earthquake but mostly on the US obesity epidemic, it's worth thinking about the impact the epidemic will have on health care costs and budgets.
Already, we have reports that eight out of 10 men in Britain will be overweight by 2020. Some 41% of men aged 20 to 65 will be obese by 2020. The same goes for 70% of women.
Health care costs will go through the roof and that will put a strain on budgets already pulled tight. At a time when the tax base is shrinking because of an ageing population, this will be a big problem for governments.
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