Can they afford to be fat?

Iris Daniela Classon — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 12:11:15 +0000

Today 67% of the US adults are overweight- and 34% of them are obese.
”The Future Costs of Obesity”- study shows that over 43% of the US adults will be obese by 2018, 103 million American adults. The 10% increase in obesity numbers will increase health care costs four times, to a staggering $344 billion by 2018. This cost will account for 21% of the direct health care spending. How are they going to pay?
In Sweden the obesity rates are 11% among adults with 39% of women and 54% of men being overweight. Latest news is that the trend has stopped, the Swedish people are not gaining more weight.
In Japan, with some of the worlds lowest obesity rates 3-5%, implemented a law that would fine people for being overweight, a scare tactic or a way of gathering funds to finance the cost of obesity?
Meantime we are all wondering, what is wrong with USA?

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Can they afford to be fat?