ARTIFACT 2

"Obesity-related costs fuel spending growth: cost of caring for obese patients skyrocketing even when compared to overall rising costs.(Obesity)(Brief Article)." Medicine & Health 59.24 (July 18, 2005): 6(1). Student Resource Center - Gold. Thomson Gale. Centennial High School (MD). 3 Jan. 2007 http://find.galegroup.com/ips/infomark.do?&contentSet=IAC-Documents&type=retrieve&tabID=T003&prodId=IPS&docId=A134675652&source=gale&srcprod=SRCG&userGroupName=elli29753&version=1.0.

In this article it is telling me how much the obesity rate has gone up in America. In 2001 diabetes and heart disease incresd by 10 times then in 1987. They also determined what the cost for food in the years 2001 and 1987. In 1987 the average amount of money that obese Americans payed for was 3.6 million dollars. But in 2001 the average amount of money spent was 36.5 million dollars. This shows that America is greatly increasing there amount of food intake. Obese related illnesses accounted for 11.6% of all health care spending in 2001. I feel that this has really gone up and that we need to do something about it to change it.