Not soon enough. Obesity-related health costs: 147 billion per year. Federal defecit: 439 billion. That's three years of fat people costs. Federal budget: 3.8 trillion. Fats use up an amount equivalent to about 4% of the federal budget. costliest U.S. natural disaster: Hurricane Katrina, $67.8 billion Superstorm Sandy, $26.4 billion. We should cure cancer or go to Mars, not pay for all these fat people's problems.