New Study Says Obesity Costs $315 Billion In Health Care Every Year

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A brand new study has been published in the journal PharmacoEconomics, and it says that obesity costs the United States health care system $315 billion every year. But the study looks more closely, too, at the way these costs are distributed.

Physician Aaron Carroll says that the way we presently talk about obesity suggests that “if everyone in the US would just lose a little weight, we’d save massive money.” Contrarily, he notes that the study suggests only a small percentage of the population are actually served.

“Current strategies that focus on cutting calories and boosting physical activity aren’t working for most patients to achieve weight loss and maintain that,” explains lead researcher Dr. Alison Fildes. ”The greatest opportunity for fighting the obesity epidemic might be in public health policies to prevent it in the first place at a population level.”

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