A new Access Economics Report commissioned by Diabetes Australia has found that 3.71 million Australians are obese with a current estimated cost to the nation of $58 billion.
The report titled Growing Economic Costs of Obesity in 2008 reveals that there has been a 137% increase since 2005 in the number of Australians who have type 2 diabetes as a result of being obese.
The total cost of obesity includes $8.3 billion in financial costs and $49.9 billion in the value of lost well-being, which accounts for years of healthy life lost through disability and /or premature death.
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