The Cato Institute seems to think there's a "war on obesity." Why does everything have to be labeled as a war? If it's a war, can I start shooting fat people? Claim it was justified under rules of engagement?
Some Growth in Health Care Costs Due to Obesity
"More than a quarter of the phenomenal growth in health care spending over the past 15 years is attributable to obesity, Emory University researchers reported yesterday," according to The Washington Post. In "Government Gets Fat Fighting Obesity," Cato policy analyst Radley Balko writes: "The war against obesity is the logical conclusion of our wars against certain drugs and, later, tobacco. The most personal of daily decisions -- what we put into our bodies -- is now a matter of 'public health.'"
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