Obesity to Cost Australia Tens of Billions in Productivity Loss: Research

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Clients exercise at a weight loss centre near Sydney, Australia, on February 4, 2010. Lisa Maree Williams/Getty ImagesAustralia will lose tens of billions of dollars in productivity each year over the next decade due to high obesity rates among the population, a new report has found.According to a joint study by the McKell Institute and the Menzies Research Centre, two in three Australian adults (67 percent) are now classified as overweight or obese, a significant increase from 56 percent in 1995.

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