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Missouri spends $1.6 billion a year on obesity

Submitted by Brent Hugh on Wed, 01/21/2004 - 6:58am
According to a New York Times story breaking down obesity related medical spending state by state, Missouri spends $1.6 billion, or 6.1% of total medical expenditures, on obesity-related expenses (Source: RTI International and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention).

Surely with obesity expense that high in just one single state, Congress can afford to fully fund the Safe Routes to School program, a common sense program designed to help make Americans more fit and less obese . . .

The nationwide cost of Safe Routes to School is but a small fraction of one state's yearly obesity bill.
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