Tackling Britain’s obesity epidemic could bankrupt the NHS, a leading expert has warned. It is anticipated that obesity could cost as much as £45 billion a year by 2050, to pay for growing incidents of diabetes, strokes and heart disease as well as the loss of earnings by those too heavy to work, a conference was warned.
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Obesity epidemic 'could bankrupt the NHS' - The Telegraph 16th October 2007
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
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