A Financial Incentive to Combat a Growing Health Epidemic

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 06:28:00 GMT

Just as carbon credits were created out of the thin air to create a financial incentive to mitigate global warming through the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions; perhaps exercise credits should be considered as a new type of health commodity to combat the growing obesity epidemic in the United States and other developed countries. According to statistics (PDF) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website (CDC.gov), only one state had a prevalence of obesity less than 20% last year while 30 states had a prevalence of 25% or more – resulting in both adverse economic and health consequences.According to [More...]

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A Financial Incentive to Combat a Growing Health Epidemic