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Corporate Review
Manuel Lujan Agency
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The Cost of Obesity
  • Trends
    •     64% increase in obesity since 1993
    •     Overweight children (6-19) has tripled since 1986
    •     2/3 of Americas workforce is overweight or obese

  • Costs – Health Care
    • Obese employees costs an average of $2,256 more than healthy-weight employees
    • Obese workers have 36% higher physician visit spending, 77% higher medication expenditure and 45% more inpatient stays over the average-health employee.


  • Costs – Absenteeism and Productivity
    •     4X more likely to be absent
    •     39 million lost workdays, 239 million reduced performance workdays



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The Cost of Diabetes
  • Trends
    •     50% increase in diagnoses from 1997 to 2004 (population 8% increase)
    •     10.3 % of the population – up from 5.8% in 1995
    •     40% of US adults (40-70) have “pre diabetes”

  • Costs – Health Care
    • Estimated annual expenditure (non hospital stays) = $13,243 vs. $2,560
    • Medical expenses 2.4X higher than non diabetics
    • $174 billion annually (2007)


  • Costs – Absenteeism and Productivity
    •     $58 billion annually
    •     15 million lost work days, 120 million reduced performance workdays

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The Cost of Stress
  • Trends
    • 3 of 4 workers describe their jobs as stressful, 40% report very or extremely   stressful
    • Problems at work are more strongly associated with health complaints than are      any other life stressor-more so than even financial problems or family problems



  • Costs – Health Care
    • 9% of prescription drug costs
    • 8% of all health care costs
    • Health care expenditures are nearly 50% greater for workers who report a high level of stress
    • $200 billion annually


  • Costs – Absenteeism and Productivity
    •     60% of lost workdays are attributed to stress (1)

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MLA Assessment Results
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Demographics
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Demographics
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Weight Loss
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Body Composition
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Cardiovascular Fitness
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Strength
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BodyAge
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Cardio Minutes
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Cost Savings at MLA
  • OBESITY - $25,800 annual savings
      • Health Care expenses:  10 fewer obese employees  =  10 X $2,246 = $22,460 less in health care expenses.
      • Absenteeism:  20 less sick days (2 X 10) at an average of (40,000 salary 15% expenses / 260 workdays per year = $177/day X 20 = $3,500 annually.
  • SMOKING - $4,490 annual savings
      • Two individuals quit smoking as a results of the Nuvita program.  Non-smokers cost an average of $2,245 less in health care and absenteeism expenses.
  • DIABETES- $32,049 annual savings
      • Three individuals reduced their diabetes risk to a healthy level.  Non diabetics have $10,683 less in health care expenditures.
  • BLOOD PRESSURE - $1,920 annual savings
      • One individual stopped taking blood pressure medication as a result of the Nuvita program ($160/month medication expense)


  • TOTAL = $62,529 Annual Savings
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Survey Responses
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