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.
The medical care costs of obesity in the United States are high. In 2008 dollars, these costs were estimated to be $147 billion. 15. The annual nationwide productive costs of obesity obesity-related absenteeism range between $3.38 billion ($79 per obese individual) and $6.38 billion ($132 per obese individual) 16.In addition to these costs, data shows implications of obesity on recruitment by the armed forces.he annual nationwide productive costs of obesity obesity-related absenteeism range between $3.38 billion ($79 per obese individual) and $6.38 billion ($132 per obese individual) 16.