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You are paying much more than anyone else[0]. I really doubt that's because of you being the 17th fattest country by BMI[1]. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
by tapland 8y ago
You are paying much more than anyone else[0]. I really doubt that's because of you being the 17th fattest country by BMI[1].
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_total_health_expenditure_per_capita https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_total_hea...
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_body_mass_index https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_body_mass...
- i_am_proteus 8y agoPlease note that the data you link does not address obesity and health costs simultaneously! Obesity is indeed a contributing factor, around 5% of total.[ξ] And from your references, the US has substantially more obeses and overweights per capita than the countries against which it is compared for health costs [ξ]https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1449869/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1449869/