Fact Based List:
Percentage Economic Cost of Obesity and Overweight by Cause of Cost
Submitted by Clive Riddle on Fri, 01/14/2011 - 13:27
- Excess medical care provided - 43.3% ($127 billion annual US & Canada)
- Loss of productivity for totally disabled workers - 24.0% ($72 billion annual US & Canada)
- Loss of productivity for excess mortality - 16.3% ($49 billion annual US & Canada)
- Loss of productivity for disability of active workers- 14.3% ($43 billion annual US & Canada)
Source: Obesity and its Relation to Mortality and Morbidity Costs, Society of Actuaries, December 2010
Source URL: http://www.soa.org/files/pdf/research-2011-obesity-relation-...
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