Flickr: Vaguely Artistic I guess it’s like Texas, everything is bigger when you’re obese. The extra $1,500 is 41% more than an average-weight person spends each year. In total, the yearly cost of obesity in the United States is $147 billion,

or 9% of all medical expenses. And, it figures to get worse now that the average American is 23 pounds overweight. Continue reading…

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Obese People Spend $1,500 More on Healthcare Every Year