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Medical Costs of Obesity Double in Last 10 Years

While I agree something must be done to move people to healthier living, I disagree that using only BMI or weight as indicators of poor health are wrong. Lets look at blood pressure, cholestrol, other blood test levels, smoking, alcohol consumption, family medical history and physical activity before placing any individual in a "classification". I know many 180 lb men that are in very poor health and likewise many 250 lb men that work out 3-4 times a week and have excellent medical readings. Its also very ironic that government wants to get more people under health insurance, yet a large percentage of these folks may also be classified as "obese", high cost health clients that would only increase the cost of health care further. Clearly we need to step away from drugging the population and incent people to move to better food diets, better vitamin intake and more rewards for an active life instead of a life of inactivity.