Girlfriend, Show Me the Money

Sorry I have been so MIA lately - my entrance exams for school have pretty much consumed me and left little time for anything, but studying.  In honor of Suze Orman I decided this article would be worth sharing with all of you. 

Today NPR published an article that looked at how curbing the nation's overweight/obesity problem can save billions of dollars each year. A recent study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine showed that by cutting the rate of obesity by 1% each year over the next two decades, the US would save $85 billion in health care costs.  If the obesity rates hold stead over the next twenty years it could save nearly $550 billion. 

Information coming out over the last month or so has shown that obesity rates have leveled off in some groups.  While this is a start, if major changes do not continue nearly 42 percent of adults will be considered obese by 2030. 

"The findings are meant to be a call to action, as experts gathered at the CDC conference consider how best to to combat obesity, a public health problem that affects about 78 million adults and 12.5 million children and adolescents."