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The National Business Group on Health has launched the Institute on the Costs and Health Effects of Obesity to tackle one of the nation's most serious, preventable health problems – the epidemic of obesity. The impact of obesity on business is significant at $13B annually in direct health costs combined with the costs of disability, absenteeism and lost productivity. Companies today are paying about 8 percent more in health claims costs alone due to overweight and obesity. Leading corporations recognize that the prevention of even more alarming future costs must begin now.

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