In a recent study by the Duke University Medical Center, it was ""found that 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 work illness than did nonobese workers."" To review the Duke University article and obtain further details, please double-click on this link: www.dukemednews.org/news/article.php?id=10044 4-26-07