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		<description><![CDATA[Obesity's medical cost is a drag on the economy. | In 2004, total health care spending reached roughly $30 billion in Washington state.&nbsp; In Oregon, that total was $16 billion; In Idaho, about $5.5 billion.&nbsp; That&#8217;s not chump change:&nbsp; health care now absorbs about one-eighth of the total output of the Northwest states&#8217; economies. And, based on the results of thesenational studies, and thesestate-level estimates, at least a tenth of all medical spending in the Northwest is related the ailments...]]></description>
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