Obesity could hit economies as hard as malnutrition
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061115/hl_nm/obesity_cost_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061115/2006_11_15t111118_450x352_us_obesity_cost.jpg?x=130&y=101&sig=v8vzADBcUIIkXTQ.tVa.6Q--" align="left" height="101" width="130" alt="A passenger waits for a delayed flight at Heathrow airport's terminal four in London August 12, 2006. Obesity could knock economic output as severely as malnutrition, which shaves as much as 3 percent off production in the poorest countries, a World Bank specialist said on Wednesday. (Toby Melville/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Obesity could knock economic output as
severely as malnutrition, which shaves as much as 3 percent off
production in the poorest countries, a World Bank specialist
said on Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/>