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Examining the cost of obesity-related diseases often focuses on tax: according to the Institute of Medicine, illnesses such as type-2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease cost the taxpayer $147 billion in 2008. But this latest study, published in the <em>American Journal of Preventive Medicine<\/em>, examines obesity&#8217;s effect on quality of life as well as years of life lost due to the condition. The analysis of 1993-2008 data from the National Health Interview Survey and the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System showed that smoking still had a higher mortality risk than obesity. But by 2008, the obese were losing more quality-adjusted life years through disability and activity limitation. Over the 15-year period, researchers found that smoking decreased by 18.5 percent while the proportion of the population that was obese increased by 85 percent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The health burden of obesity in the United States has overtaken that of smoking, according to a new study examining the relative effects of the two problems on quality of life, mortality and morbidity. More than a third of the nation&#8217;s population is now obese, and nearly the same proportion is overweight. 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