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Unhealthy habits should be treated as aggressively as disease, American Heart Association says

While it’s easy to walk into a doctor’s office and leave with a prescription to treat high blood pressure, some physicians don't take the time to address the unhealthy habits that cause these issues in the first place.As high rates of obesity and skyrocketing health costs become an increasing problem in the United States, the American Heart Association (AHA) has published a new report in the journal Circulation , issuing a call for doctors to start treating damaging lifestyle habits as aggressively as they would any other health condition.According to lead author Bonnie Spring, poor lifestyle habits like smoking or overeating have serious health implications, which can ultimately cost the health care system millions of dollars each year.“It’s just abundantly clear that chronic diseases are bankrupting our health care system…,” Spring, a professor of preventive medicine, psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Northwestern University in Chicago, told FoxNews.com. “If we could rein in thes...

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