The cost of obesity

• April 28, 2024

The economic cost total that costs the United States the overweight and the obesity is 270 billion dollars per year, while in Canada it is 30 billion dollars per year, reports a new study of Society of Actuaries.

The 300 billion dollars accumulated between the two nations are the result of a growing need for medical care , loss of productivity in labor due to the death rate, loss of productivity due to inability of active workers, and total loss due to disability, publishes the portal Health Day

It is said that a person is overweight when his body mass index is between 25 and 29.9 points, and that is obese if your BMI is higher than 30.

The American chamber in Mexico has highlighted the importance of the country investing more money in prevention and education to decrease the obesity of the population. And is that the cost of prevention programs, will reach at least 3 thousand 500 million pesos annually, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).

CNN publishes that in Mexico, 30% of the population suffers from obesity , and 70% are overweight, according to OECD data; so they urge programs that advance the combat of the problem.

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