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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10829

18 April 2013
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SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) health
Health care - obesity-related disease likely to be a burden

Brussels, 17/04/2013 (Agence Europe) - Cuts in healthcare budgets today may bring public expenditure down in the short term, but will lead to higher costs in the future, particularly for obesity-related diseases such as diabetes, the think tank European Centre for International Political Economy (ECIPE) stressed at a panel discussion at the European Parliament on 10 April.

Obesity is rising steadily in the European Union and needs a long-term investment plan, as the chronic diseases brought...

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EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
SECTORAL POLICIES
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