Half of Americans will be obese by 2030 if things continue the way they are now, according to four new papers in the Lancet.
And as a result, there will also be an additional 6.8 million cases of stroke and heart disease, 7.8 million cases of diabetes and 539,000 cases of cancer, which could place an extra $66 billion burden on the nation's healthcare bill, according to the research.
"At the rate we're looking at right now, it's a dire prediction," study researcher Claire Wang, of the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University, told ABC News. "Something has to be done."
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Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/28/half-america-obese-2030_n_937906.html
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