The objectiveof this study was to estimate the annual and lifetime medical costs attributable to obesity, to compare those to similar costs attributable to smoking, and to discuss the implications for prevention.
Now, that is a fair and objective critique of a rigorous study that was peer-reviewed and approved for publication by two respected journals: Middle East Quarterly (already published) and Perspectives on Terrorism (soon to be published).
There has been only one study using a large randomized sample, objective measures of well-being, and reports of grown children rather than their parents.
Our objective was to strengthen the material already being taught, expand into new areas ofstudy and convey to students the connection between what they were learning and the real world.
That estimate was based upon cost and revenue projections of the CHRSA, which the study co-author noted that virtually every objective outside analyst found to be overly optimistic.