Obesity Rates Will Continue To Increase, Drive Health Care Costs In Pennsylvania Over Next Decade, According To New Study

The Keystone State is more stones which is key.

"A new report released based on research by Emory University Health Care Economist Ken Thorpe, Ph.D., Executive Director of the Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease (PFCD), shows increasing obesity rates in Pennsylvania and across the country will result in higher health care spending for states and individuals.

The study, which was commissioned by UnitedHealth Foundation, Partnership for Prevention, and American Public Health Association in conjunction with their annual Americas Health Rankings report, is the first to estimate obesity prevalence and costs at the state and national level 10 years from now."

A stone = 14 pounds.

The costs will not go up if the rest of us refuse to pay for the fatsos.