Get paid to lose weight!

Australia is the second fattest nation in the world, with obesity costing $1.5 billion a year to treat the diseases it causes such as diabetes, stroke, heart disease and some cancers.

OVERWEIGHT people would be able to claim the cost of their weight-loss program under a radical plan to tackle Australia's worsening obesity crisis.

The Federal Government plan would give doctors the ability to prescribe approved weight-loss programs through Weight Watchers or Jenny Craig to patients, who would then be able to claim 85 per cent of the cost through Medicare.

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