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.
Weight loss, as modest as 5 to 15% of total body weight in a person who is overweight or has obesity, reduces the risk factors for some diseases, particularly heart disease5. U.S. economic costs of the disease of obesity were $270 billion in 2011 and $72 billion for overweight individuals6.