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 impact of obesity on health is causing increasing concern in Australia. More than one in four adults are obese, compared to one in 10 in 1989. Since the mid-1990s men are on average 3.6 kilos heavier, women are four kilos heavier, and by one estimate obesity is costing the nation $60 billion a year.