WalletHub writes:
By one estimate, Americans spend up to $315.8 billion annually on obesity-related medical treatment, elevating health-care costs exponentially for obese adults and children compared with healthier individuals. In the workplace, obesity-related health issues yield indirect costs to the worker and employer alike. Absenteeism, for one, results in lost wages and reduced productivity. If obesity trends continue at their current rate, treatment costs could rise as much as $66 billion a year and annual productivity losses by up to $580 billion by 2030.
The ‘Fattest’ metro area rankings are based on the “Overall Rank” score, which includes all survey indicators. An “Overall Rank” of “1” is the ‘fattest’ area.
Take a look at the Top 10 areas on the list and see what put them there. For the full list of 100, click here.
As for the ‘thinnest’ place to live? It looks like Hawaii has one more winning reason for a visit.
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Do You Live In One Of America’s Fattest Cities? was originally published on blackdoctor.org
