Preventing and Reducing Childhood Obesity in New York

More than 1 million young people in New York State are considered obese, which costs the State more than $242 million in public and private medical expenses per year. This October 2008 report from the New York State Comptroller's office describes the crisis of childhood obesity and its cost to the State. According to the report, New York ranks second among U.S. states in adult obesity-related medical expenditures, with total spending estimated at nearly $6.1 billion. Medicaid and Medicare pay 81% of those costs, far exceeding the national average of 52%.

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