$7B SPENT ON OBESITY HEALTH CARE EACH YEAR

   The costs associated with rising rates of obesity worldwide are staggering and it doesn’t look like they’ll be dropping anytime soon. The disease costs the global economy an estimated $2 trillion each year. In Canada — where more than one in four people live with obesity — related health care costs are as high as $7 billion and are projected to increase to nearly $9 billion by 2021.
    Canada spends roughly 11 per cent of its total health expenditure on treating medical conditions that arise as complications of obesity, according to a recent report.