Healthcare cuts may have lasting effect on obesity: Think tank

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Series Details 11.04.13
Publication Date 11/04/2013
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Cuts in healthcare budgets today might reduce public expenses in the short-run but lead to higher costs in the future, including on obesity-related diseases like diabetes, warned the European Centre for International Political Economy (ECIPE), a think tank.

Despite the steady rise in obesity in the EU, strategic long-term investment to address the problem is lacking, the ECIPE said.

Source Link http://www.euractiv.com/health/short-term-gains-healthcare-budg-news-519022
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