It's time for Dishing Up Nutrition with licensed nutritionist Darlene Kivist.

Each week, Darlene explains a connection between what you eat and how you feel.

Stay tuned to hear practical, real-life solutions for healthier living through good nutrition.

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I'm Dishing Up Nutritionist, and Dishing Up Nutrition is brought to you by nutritional weight and wellness.

Have you ever wondered which costs more in health care, in our health care dollars, which costs more, obesity or smoking?

We all know smoking is very harmful to our bodies.

In fact, warnings are placed on every pack of cigarettes, informing us that cigarettes can be harmful to our body.

Most places of business, they don't allow anyone to smoke in their building, but again,

which is more costly in health care dollars, smoking or obesity?

A study of 30,000 male clinic employees and retirees found between 2001 and 2007 the excess cost for health care for a smoker compared to a

non-smoker smoker was $1,275 per year.

That's $1,275 more per year.

Wow.

Also, interesting, many stop smoking programs are provided by employers and paid for by

insurance companies because smoking is dangerous for your health.

There is no smoking messages taught in school and incentives are given out freely to

smokers to quit.

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