This is something no American president has ever done. If we want to solve the chronic disease crisis, we have to tackle obesity. Obesity is the number one driver of chronic disease. 50% of our adult population are obese or overweight and it drives about 50% of health care costs in this country. Diabetes, cardiac diseases. We are going to see a decline because of this historic agreement. We're going to see a decline in cost, but also more importantly, in the afflictions themselves. (12:32–12:43)
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Asserts that half of the adult population is obese or overweight, contributing to half of healthcare costs.
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