Obesity in the Workplace

Some facts:

• The annual cost to US Employers attributable to obesity is $13 billion.
• In 1980, 15% of adults were obese; in 2000, 32% were obese and the number is growing
• Today, fully 66% of adults in the US are overweight
• Employers with weight problems incur 36% higher health care costs than their normal weight counterparts
• Business Insurance states that obesity associated illness costs 39 million lost workdays per year in the US
• UnumProvident Corp, a leading disability insurer reports a 10 fold increase in incidence of disability claims attributable to obesity, showing an average annual cost of $51,023 per claimant

If you are a CEO, CFO, or Benefits Manager for your company, you are seeing annual increases in your employee life, disability and health insurance premiums that are a direct result of the mounting statistics of overweight and obese employees.

Wellness and You has the resources to bring about positive change for your workforce and your bottom line. Addressing these needs now rather than later will result in immediate benefit to you and your employees.  Carefully developed and tested group and individual programs that match your company culture and needs are availabe to you at affordable rates.

We can no longer afford to ignore the damage that poor eating habits and ignorance about healthy eating, nor can we ignore the mounting financial burden to our companies and our employees.

For more information, contact Peg Doyle at Wellness and You today.