NOO | The economic burden of obesity 1 Executive summary Estimates of the direct NHS costs of treating overweight and obesity, and related morbidity in England have ranged a from Â£479.3 million in 1998 1 to Â£4.2 billion in 2007.ne such report â Healthy c. The 4 fold increase in the cost of treating obesity was attributable largely to increased drug costs. d. Â£390 million â Â£435 million of the increase is due to the inclusion of new obesity related diseases.
In economics, inflation is a sustained increase in the general price level of goods and services in an economy over a period of time.[1] When the price level rises, each unit of currency buys fewer goods and services; consequently, inflation reflects a reduction in the purchasing power per unit of money â a loss of real value in the medium of ...
Annual inflation for the 12 months ending in August 2015 was basically flat at 0.20%. Last month it was 0.17% since the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) rounds to a single decimal point both months will be reported as 0.2% annual inflation.his chart plots the Current Annual Inflation Rate starting in January 1990. The longer term trend is falling. Note the peak at 6.29% in October of 1990 while the Oil Peak in July 2008 was only 5.60%.