a few scary facts on business costs...
- The top five health conditions costing Employers due to lack of productivity and absenteeism:
• Headache/pain
• Depression and fatigue
• Common cold/flu
• Digestive problems
• Arthritis
…these cost employers more than $180 billion annually. The
annual financial toll for all health conditions is at least $250 billion, or
roughly $2,000 per worker per year.
The study also found that the average U.S. worker loses 115 hours
of productivity every year due to a health condition. And, for any
single condition, 20% to 35% of employees account for 70% to 80%
of the lost time.
Advance PCS report, 2002
- The Cost of a C.E.O. !
• More than 36 percent of 200 senior executives (mainly from Fortune 500 companies) were obese. They got even less exercise than the average person;
• 73 percent didn't meet the Surgeon General's basic guideline of 30 minutes a day of accumulated moderate exercise. The CE0’s showed a greatly increased risk of heart attack. They all had more than one additional risk factor for developing coronary artery disease;
• 60 percent had three or more additional risk factors.
• Nearly 40 percent had high blood pressure.
• If a CEO has a heart attack, the typical company loses at least $1 million.
(HealthScout, Mar. 6, 2000)
- Obesity in Great Britain!!
• 44% of all men and 33% of all women were found to be overweight…
• 19% of all men and 21% of all women were clinically obese…
• this is costing the economy £2.5 billion every year!
• 30,000 die each year due to weight-related problems (with an average of 9 years less life expectancy).
• Obese people also take 18 million days off each year!