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Sunday, February 7, 2016

"Obesity-related job absenteeism has been estimated to cost US businesses more than $4.3 billion a year in the United States..."

The costs of obesity are keenly felt


"Obesity-related job absenteeism has been estimated to cost US businesses more than $4.3 billion a year in the United States, never mind the nearly $200 billion in health costs associated with the disease, which we all pay for. If we don’t reverse the trend, the trend will reverse us."
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Timothy Craig Allen, M.D.,J.D.
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Professor and Chair, Department of Pathology in the University of Mississippi Medical School at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. B.S. Texas A&M University 1980; M.D. Baylor College of Medicine 1984; J.D.with honors University of Chicago 1998. Pulmonary Pathologist. Posts ≠ endorsements. Posts are my own and do not necessarily represent my institution.
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