As the federal government rang in a new year trying to figure out how best to dole out a $700 billion safety net, American businesses were embroiled in an ongoing bailout of their own.
In a super-sized nation where nearly 70% of the population is overweight – 35% obesely so – U.S. businesses are picking up the tab when it comes to being fat. The financial costs of obesity are drawing streams of research with one of the most recent coming last September, and showing that businesses can fight back.
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