Obesity weighing down health system

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More than two thirds of Australians are overweight or obese and a new study says it's placing a massive burden on the health system. In the largest study ever conducted on the issue, the not-for-profit Sax Institute says hospitalisation of overweight people over 45 is costing Australia an extra four-billion-dollars a year.



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