[WATCH]: Studies: Obesity Becoming Economic Nightmare

BY TRACY PFEIFFER ANCHOR MOLLY HULSEY You're watching multisource health news analysis from Newsy. A series of studies in the British journal The Lancet has predicted-- current global obesity rates are set to wreak havoc on government infrastructure and economies-- if we don't do something about it, now. The papers suggest-- in the next two decade, half of the US population will become obese. And the UK will add 11 million more people to its obesity epidemic. USA Today breaks down how these numbers-- relate to pocketbooks. (Video: ABC) "In the United States, the cost of treating obesity-related diseases ... would increase $66 billion per year by 2030... In the UK, the increase would be £2 billion per year ($3.2 billion)... Spending

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