Well, if your home is in Nebraska, filling a 500-gallon propane tank (300 gallons if you are at 20% capacity and fill it to 80%) will cost you $562 at current average propane prices per gallon, compared to $397 last year.
Treating obesity and obesity-related conditions costs billions of dollars a year. By one estimate, the U.S. spent $190 billion on obesity-related health care expenses in 2005-double previous estimates.
Price tag for childhood obesity: $19,000 per kid. Over a lifetime, the medical costs associated with childhood obesity total about $19,000 per child compared with those for a child of normal weight, a new analysis shows.Post to Facebook.rice tag for childhood obesity: $19,000 per kid. Michelle Healy, USA TODAY 4:42 p.m. EDT April 7, 2014. New analysis says the lifetime medical costs of childhood obesity is roughly $19,000 per child. (Photo: Thinkstock via Getty Images).