We’ve heard before that smokers save the state money in health costs because they die sooner. New Dutch research suggests the same may be true for obese people.Professor Klim McPherson of Oxford University said the research does not take into account the social costs of obesity, adding:
Unless taxpayers take their cue and eat too much and exercise too little in order to reduce the tax burden, it has no particular implications.
Neville Rigby, spokesman for the International Association for the Study of Obesity, told the AP the gains from obesity prevention “are often immeasurable when it comes to people living longer and healthier lives.”
