Obesity Costing Big Business

Big Business
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Employers are faced with the staggering costs of providing health care coverage to their employees. Missed work days, decreased productivity, and disabilities all add to the increased cost to the employer. Companies must take a proactive stance to provide their employees with health perks and job retention to reduce health care costs and improve quality of work of employees.
(PRWEB) May 4, 2005 -- Obesity is big business. Not only are the number of diets increasing multifold, but the number of formulas, modular foods, and health bars have multiplied exponentially. This has created an 80 billion dollar business (that"s big bucks).

Obesity is also affecting people with bigger salaries. A recent study being presented at the American Heart Association shows that the prevalence of obesity is growing three times faster among Americans who make more than $60,000 a year than it is among their low-income neighbors.

Obesity creates a whole host of medical diseases and the cost of treating the epidemic of obesity is staggering. The Surgeon General reports more than 9 percent of the nation's health care expenditures are directly related to < style="background: #00ffff;">obesity which costs about $117 billion annually. Unfortunately the untold story of missed work days, loss of jobs, decreased productivity, and disabilities are a big cost to