Health Cost of A Meat-Based Diet
Health Cost
Worldwide
Heart Disease: 1 trillion (US $/year)
Diabetes: 174 billion (US $/year)
United States
Colon Caner: 6.5 billion (US $/year)
Obesity: 93 billion (US $/year)
Total: 120-150 billion (US $/year)
RESOURCES: United States Leads World Meat Stampede (World Watch Institute) Report Targets Costs Of Factory Farming (Washington Post) Putting Meat on the Table: Industrial Farm Animal Production in America(PDF)