The cost of obesity in the US
(AFP)


<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061022/ts_alt_afp/ushealthobesity"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061022/capt.sge.egc01.221006022758.photo00.photo.default-512x397.jpg?x=130&y=100&sig=zLMb4atE.Zl4aC0JWKDALQ--" align="left" height="100" width="130" alt="A women walks down Michigan Avenue in Chicago, Illinois last week. Obesity -- which affects one in every three Americans -- and the illnesses associated with it cost the United States some 90.7 billion dollars a year in health care costs, a University of Pennsylvania researcher said.(AFP/file/Jeff Haynes)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Obesity -- which affects one in every three Americans -- and the illnesses associated with it cost the United States some 90.7 billion dollars a year in health care costs, a University of Pennsylvania researcher said.</p><br clear="all"/>