America is dangerously fat. The nation’s obese population puts itself at greater risk of coronary heart disease, diabetes, stroke and cancer, while contributing $190 billion in annual health-care costs to an increasingly unsustainable system. Starbucks buys more than 270 million pounds of coffee each year, yet still manages to spend more on health insurance — about $300 million annually. America’s health-care burden drives up prices — General Motors adds $1,400 onto the cost of each vehicle sold to cover its own health-care costs — and puts the nation at a competitive disadvantage, compromising the opportunities of future generations.
Today’s wearable technology won’t solve America’s health problems, but a single irresistible device could be enough to heighten health awareness and transform America’s image and culture, just as the iPhone kick-started a worldwide technology obsession less than a decade ago.
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