Obesity related health spending has reached $147 billion which is double the rate of what the costs were a decade ago. Here in Iowa, obesity in adults as defined by a BMI (body mass index) of over 30 has increased to 20.8% in 2001.
I watched the recent White House Health Care Forum that was held in Des Moines and listened to people ask questions of Federal and State officials for two straight hours. They could have easily double the length of the forum to answer everyone who was raising their hands to ask questions. That seems to be [...]
