Obesity epidemic at new high, costs $150B a year, hurts military recruiting

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Obesity epidemic at new high, costs $150B a year, hurts military recruiting
by Paul Bedard | Sep 1, 2017, 11:54 AM

Americans continue to get fatter and it's delivering a huge blow to the country, both in higher health care costs and undercutting military recruiting, according to a huge new study.

The 14th annual State of Obesity: Better Policies for a Healthier America report from the Trust for America's Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation bluntly reported that 70 percent of the nation is obese or overweight.

And while the rate of obesity growth is leveling off, the costs aren't. The report, for example, said additional health care for obese adults and children is $150 billion a year and billions of dollars more in lost worker productivity.

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