BALLOONING waistlines mean ballooning healthcare costs. Part of the phenomenal rise in what Americans spend on healthcare is due to rising obesity, according to a study published on Monday.
Since 1987, the cost of health insurance in the US has risen by 60 per cent. This has led to fewer workers receiving coverage from their companies, and made it more difficult for businesses that still pay for employees’ health costs to remain competitive.
Now Kenneth Thorpe and his team at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, have shown that the rise in costs is being fuelled by the explosion in the…
