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The opioid epidemic isnt the only public-health crisis costing the economy hundreds of billions of dollars. According to the Trust for Americas Healths annual State of Obesity report nearly 40% of American adults are obese or overweight. And collectively they will add some $150 billion to the cost of health care and billions more in lost productivity. Obesity rates have finally stabilized after having nearly tripled since the CDC first began tracking them in 1960. Theyve doubled since the…