"When many cures are offered for a disease, it means the disease is not curable" -Anton Chekhov
''Once you tell people there's a cure for something, the more likely they are to pressure doctors to prescribe it.'' -Robert Ehrlich, drug advertising executive.
"Opinions are like sphincters, everyone has one." - Chris Rangel
Obesity Costs: I posted this as an update to the orignal post below, but the study that purports to show that obesity is costing billions of tax dollars may be statistical hype. The abstract is here (the full paper requires a subscription). This description of their methods is not encouraging, however:
We developed an econometric model that predicts medical expenditures. We used this model and state-representative data to quantify obesity-attributable medical expenditures.
