Obese workers filed twice the number of workers' compensation claims, had seven times higher medical costs from those claims and lost 13 times more days of work from work injury or illness than other workers, according to a Duke University Medical Center study of the health records of more than 11, 000 Duke University employees.

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She said the costs ranged from property damage to lost days at work and people not being able to visit shops and businesses in flooded areas.

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