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    Is the recent interest/action over obesity driven by a desire to help people cope or by the economic impact?


    "The cost of obesity in the UK is estimated at up to £3.7 billion per year, including £49 million for treating obesity; £1.1 billion for treating the consequences of obesity; indirect costs of £1.1 billion for premature death and £1.45 billion for sickness absence. By adding similar costs for the overweight population the estimation is nearer £7.4 billion per year (Department of Health 2004). Unless the current trend in obesity is halted and reversed, the cost will be in the magnitude of £46 billion by 2050 (equivalent to four Olympic Games every year), with a seven
    fold increase in NHS costs alone".

    How about tackling the food industry?

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