The Cost of Obesity
July 10th, 2009
Looking for some staggering statistics on obesity? Well a recent report from Santa Clara county in California shows that obesity costs the country about $2.1 billion (yes billion) per year. The statewide cost is around $41 billion. To be fair the study does not only include direct costs, but indirect costs as well, like that of inactivity. So an inactive obese persons limited economic output can have a real impact on the productivity of a region. Chenoweth and Associates performs the study for California and in their report noted that they expect the state cost to rise by about 25 percent by 2011.
