Health: Fat people cheaper to treat, study says (AP)

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Fat people cheaper to treat, study says
    (AP)

 


AP - Preventing obesity and smoking can save lives, but it doesn't save money, researchers reported Monday. It costs more to care for healthy people who live years longer, according to a Dutch study that counters the common perception that preventing obesity would save governments millions of dollars.


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