LONDON — The global cost of obesity has risen to $2 trillion annually — nearly as much as smoking or the combined impact of armed violence, war and terrorism, according to a new report released Thursday.
Mckinsey Global Institute Report: Global Obesity Costs Hits $2 Trillion
, Chattanooga Times Free Press
Thu, 11/20/2014 - 8:33pm
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