Our Failing Health

According to The Centers for Disease Control, over 50% of health care costs come from lifestyle choices.
Health care costs are growing three times the rate of inflation (average yearly rate of over 8%).
Health care costs are the leading cause of personal and corporate bankruptcies:
Starbucks spends more on health care than on coffee.
General Motors spends more on health care than on advertising or steel.
More than 60% of Americans are overweight. These individuals have 36% higher health care costs.
From 1978 to 2000, the number of obese Americans has doubled, accounting for 62% of the rise in health care spending.
22% of Americans smoke adding $157 billion in health care spending.