Cost of obesity epidemic double Australia's health budget


<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061018/hl_afp/australiahealthobesitycosts"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061018/capt.sge.czo23.181006062754.photo00.photo.default-347x512.jpg?x=88&y=130&sig=0SWfWqeChJ.9YSLWSvqsxw--" align="left" height="130" width="88" alt="A woman photographs the Sydney Opera House. An obesity epidemic affecting almost 16 percent of Australians cost the country a staggering 15.8 billion US dollars last year, double what it spends on health, new figures show(AFP/File/Greg Wood)" border="0" /></a>AFP - An obesity epidemic affecting almost 16 percent of Australians cost the country a staggering 21 billion dollars (15.8 billion US dollars) last year, double what it spends on health, new figures show.</p><br clear="all"/>