SekrutYakhni
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brilliant post mate.. I wonder if focus is being diverted to this aspect.
Academic source: Economic Costs | Obesity Prevention Source | Harvard School of Public Health
By one estimate, the U.S. spent $190 billion on obesity-related health care expenses in 2005—double previous estimates. (1) The enormity of this economic burden and the huge toll that excess weight takes on health and well-being are beginning to raise global political awareness that individuals, communities, states, nations, and international organizations must do more to stem the rising tide of obesity.
The Bottom Line: Prevention Is Key to Trimming Obesity’s High Costs
It is possible that a clearer understanding of the cost of obesity will spur larger and more urgent programs to prevent and treat it.
To make true advances, these initiatives should be part of concerted efforts by local and national governmental, health, and nonprofit organizations, food companies, advertisers, and individuals to make healthy weights the norm rather than the exception.
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Bottomline, as I mentioned before, we cannot just assume that Pakistan will not become a developed nation. So by fixing the problem now...it won't worry as the growing epidemic in the US, the costs associated with it and wasting food...
You can read here too: The economic impact of obesity in the United States
And many many more links...