Fat people are cheaper to treat

Skunk is a fat cat
Originally uploaded by j-a-x

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080205/ap_on_he_me/obesity_cost

According to a Dutch study, fat people and smokers don't live as long as healthy people and in the long run actually cost the health system less money.

Beer and cigarettes anyone?

Then again treating fat people out to a meal can be a little more expensive...

PS, I know this is a picture of a fat non smoking cat and not a fat smoking human, but he's cuter...