Official figures indicate that at least a third of the population
Have overweight and warn of the health risks that this implies: heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes and some types of cancer.
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Have overweight and warn of the health risks that this implies: heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes and some types of cancer.
As if that were not enough, the cost of care for these diseases was 173,000 million dollars in 2019. According to the CDC, an obese person spends, on average, regarding $1,861 a year more than someone who is not overweight. The site 247WallSt.com analyzed data from CountyHealthRecods.com to determine which states suffer the most from this problem. These are the results.