According to this study,
Americans spend $147 billion per year on “medical” obesity treatments,
This spending on obesity treatments eats up 9.1% of America’s total health care spending,
Annual medical costs due to obesity have doubled in less than a decade,
Between 1998 and 2006, the prevalence of American obesity swelled by 37%.
The results also showed that an obese person has $1,429 per year more medical costs, or about 42 percent more costs, than someone of normal weight.
Costs for an obese Medicare recipient are even greater.
Much of the costs to Medicare are a result of the added prescription drug benefit. The results reveal that Medicare prescription drug payments for obese individuals are roughly $600 more per year than drug payments for normal weight beneficiaries.
The researchers also found that 8.5 percent of Medicare expenditures, 11.8 percent of Medicaid expenditures, and 12.9 percent of private payer expenditures are attributable to obesity.
According to lead author Dr. Eric […]
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