the cost of health insurance and obesity

America’s progress in arresting its obesity epidemic has been too slow, and the condition continues to erode productivity and cause millions to suffer from potentially debilitating and deadly chronic illnesses, according to a recent report from the Institute of Medicine. Obesity has a human toll of obesity-related chronic disease and disability, with an annual cost of $190.2 billion for treating obesity-related illnesses. In April 2012, Mayo Clinic released a study that found people who are obese…