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Obesity 'costing same as smoking' [1]

The worldwide cost of obesity is about the same as smoking or armed conflict and greater than both alcoholism and climate change, research has suggested.

Publication Date: 
20/11/2014
BBC (UK) [2]
Tags:
Health [3], Obesity [4], Smoking [5], Non Communicable Diseases [6], Fast Foods [7], United Kingdom (UK) [8]

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[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/bbc-uk
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/obesity
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/smoking
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/non-communicable-diseases
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/fast-foods
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/united-kingdom-uk