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Obesity Epidemic Cancels Out Anti-Smoking Gains
A day rarely goes by without some news popping up about the nation’s obesity problem. This morning, I happened upon a piece on NPR.org that states that the obesity epidemic is on pace to wipe out the gains in health and life expectancy made by lower smoking rates.
The article quotes Dr. Allison Rosen, who thinks that we can look to the anti-smoking campaign to help us with fighting obesity. Interestingly, Dr. Rosen supports financial incentives to encourage people to lose weight, which she thinks will be just as effective as the high tax rates on cigarettes were on getting people to quit smoking.
“Rosen favors financial incentives for reaching weight-loss goals or paying for some weight-loss medication. But mostly, she says, Americans need to focus on diet and exercise, or they could be paying with the quality and length of their lives.”
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