The Hidden Costs

This is circulating around the office today, sparking little waves of comments...

Fat people cheaper to treat, study says

The article starts with: Preventing obesity and smoking can save lives, but it doesn't save money, researchers reported Monday.


One comment:

"It reminds me of when a fringe pro-tobacco group claimed that smoking was good because it would save the government spending as much on social security benefits when smokers died early."