Metropolitan Comparison. The average wage for medical and clinical technicians, including phlebotomists, varies by metro area in Tennessee. Chattanooga technicians could expect a mean $17.12 an hour or $35,600 annually while those in Knoxville made a mean $15.39 an hour or $32,010 a year.
Over a lifetime, childhood obesity costs $19,000 per child. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140407090220.htm. Childhood obesity comes with an estimated price tag of $19,000 per child when comparing lifetime medical costs to those of a normal weight child, according to an analysis. When multiplied by the number of obese 10-year-olds in the United States, lifetime medical costs for this age alone reach roughly $14 billion.
Causes and consequences of childhood obesity. Overweight and obesity in children and youth are increasing at an astounding rate throughout the world. In Canada, according to estimates from the Canadian Community Health Survey, rates of overweight and obesity have risen sharply in the last two decades.