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Obesity in the Workplace Costs the U.S. Billions


Obesity in the Workplace Costs Employers Billions

A recent study revealed that work-related factors may impact the total cost of obesity among U.S. full-time employees even more than direct medical costs.

Obesity among American workers costs the nations billions in lost ...

Obesity is associated with significant increases in absenteeism among American workers and costs the nation over $8 billion per year in lost ...

The Costs of Obesity at Work | St. Louis Bariatrics

The estimated costs associated with obesity range from $147 billion to nearly $210 billion per year in the US. Learn about the costs per person.

Reports: Obesity a Challenge for Manufacturing Employers - NAM

Obesity is costing US companies and their workers hundreds of billions of dollars a year, according to a new report.

Workplaces Taking on The Cost of Obesity with Weight Control ...

More than one-third of American adults are obese, a number that grows every year. · Overweight employees cost their employers $73.1 billion a ...

Consequences of Obesity | Overweight & Obesity - CDC

Annual obesity-related medical care costs in the United States, in 2019 dollars, were estimated to be nearly $173 billion.9 Annual ...

Obese Workers Cost Workplace More Than Medical Expenses ...

The cost of obesity among US full-time employees is estimated to be $73.1 billion, according to a new study by a Duke University obesity researcher.

Obesity Costs Employers More than $12 Billion Annually | EHS Today

Employers might want to think twice about offering employees donuts with their morning coffee. Obesity has been declared an epidemic in the workplace by the ...

The Price of Obesity in the Workplace - CBIA

A 2010 study by Duke University researchers found that obesity among full-time employees costs U.S. employers more than $73 billion per year.

Economic Costs of Obesity

The estimated annual health care costs of obesity-related illness are a staggering $190.2 billion or nearly 21% of annual medical spending in the United States.

Obesity Costs U.S. Companies Billions In Lost Productivity: Gallup

Overweight or obese full-time workers with other chronic health conditions miss 450 million more days of work each year than would healthy ...

Obesity's hidden job costs: $73 billion - NBC News

Loss of productivity due to obesity costs as much as medical expenditures for the condition, according to a new study that pegs the cost of ...

Direct medical costs of obesity in the United States and the most ...

In 2016, the aggregate medical cost due to obesity among adults in the United States was $260.6 billion. The increase in individual-level ...

Economic impacts of overweight and obesity - BMJ Global Health

Total obesity costs per capita range from US$17 in India to US$940 in Australia. Obesity results in an impact comparable to 1.76% of GDP on average across the ...

Ailing and overweight Americans cost billions in productivity - Reuters

Full-time U.S. workers who have chronic health troubles or are overweight cost more than $153 billion in lost productivity each year from ...

Obesity costs U.S. $75.1 billion, study says: Taxpayers paid half that ...

How much does it cost to treat obesity-related ailments? The United States spent $75.1 billion last year on medical expenses, such as drugs, doctor visits and ...

Study: Obesity adds $190 billion in health costs - NBC News

Nationally, that comes to $190 billion a year in additional medical spending as a result of obesity, calculated Cawley, or 20.6 percent of U.S. ...

Obesity-related work absences cost billions: study | 2014-11-28

New Haven, CT – Obese workers cost the nation about $8.65 billion per year and miss more work than normal-weight workers, according to a ...

Workplace obesity costs $73 billion a year - Orange County Register

Obesity among full-time U.S. employees costs an estimated $73.1 billion annually, according to a new study by a researcher at Duke ...

Obesity costs U.S. employers billions, study finds | Drug Store News

NEW YORK New research by Duke University found that obese workers cost U.S. employers $73.1 billion a year.