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Jump to full article: Bemidji (MN) Pioneer, 2008-07-18
Author: Bemidji Pioneer Editorial Board Bemidji Pioneer
Intro: Investing just $10 a person could eventually make great gains in improving the health of Americans and in cutting health care costs by more than $16 billion a year, according to a new analysis by the non-profit Trust for America’s Health and a team of public-health research groups.
The investment would be used to teach Americans better health habits, according to an Associated Press report Thursday on the analysis. Our $2 trillion a year health care bill is fueled by obesity stemming from poor nutrition and inactivity and by smoking. They contribute to chronic diseases such as heart disease, cancer, diabetes and lung diseases.
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