The True Value of Your Health

Your true path to wellness.

REPORT

Insight on the fiscal impact of lifestyle and wellness choices on an individual, corporate and societal level

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� According to a study in 2005 by the Economics and Human Biology, decreasing BMI (Body Mass Index) by 5.8 points resulted in an increase in personal wealth by $4,085. If decreased by 10 points, the wealth increase was up to $12,720 annually. Therefore, a one-unit increase costs $1,300 or an 8% reduction in wealth.

� The cost of a liposuction procedure can be up to $10,000 just for the surgery, and on average this does not including cellulite treatments ($223 each), buttocks lift ($4,878), tummy tuck ($5,232) upper arm lift ($3,610) and thigh lifts ($4,653) or anesthesia, operating room fees and other related expenses.

� Bariatric Surgery costs average $18,000-$35,000 for gastric bypass and approximately $17,000-$30,000 for gastric binding. This excludes post-procedural costs such as dietary plans, fitness regimen, behavioral modification, nutritional supplementation and body contouring surgeries.

� The risk of relapse post-surgery is also high. In a study of 4,434 adults, 68.2% of patients who had gastric bypass had complete diabetes remission within five years post-surgery (Aterburn, 2012).

� It is believed that 80% of people who undergo weight loss surgery will experience some amount of relapse in weight gain (usually between 10-30 pounds), with 20% going back to their former weight (Dekker, 2011).

Is your lifestyle currently costing you money? Are you paying out thousands of dollars in medical and surgical costs? How does your health negatively impact yourself, your company and society? VeraVia creates wellness that can save expenses in innumerable areas, including individual, corporate and societal costs.

Below we share the numbers and the dangers of not investing in preventative and proactive health & wellness.

Individual CostAvoiding improvements in personal health can result in devastatingly high payouts to personal healthcare costs and overall family wellness.

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� Employee health costs are steadily increasing. In 2008, the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine reported that workers with moderate to severe obesity cost annually $1,800 ($500 dollars more than other employees) in presenteeism, having a large financial impact on companies.

� According to the World Health Organization, stress costs U.S. businesses an estimated $300 billion annually with an added $63 billion a year in lost productivity due to sleep deprivation.

� It is estimated that businesses spend 200-300% more on indirect health care costs in the form of sick days and lower productivity than they do on direct healthcare payments.

� A recent review aimed at health promotion in the workplace found a significant return on investment with benefit-to-cost ratios ranging anywhere from $1.49-$4.91 in benefits for every dollar spent on the program (USDHHS, 2003).

� A study published in Health Affairs in 2010 found that medical spending is cut by $3.27 for every dollar spent on promoting employee wellness, whereas absenteeism drops by $2.37 per each wellness dollar spent.

� 75% of total U.S. health spending is on those who have chronic disease such as diabetes and high blood pressure, both largely preventable conditions that are caused in part by poor-nutrition and lack of physical activity. Large corporations such as IBM analyzed the effectiveness of programs, and found that they spent $79 million on employee wellness programs and saved $191 million, with a net gain of $121 million.

� $1.3 trillion is the amount of the total impact on the economy from 7 chronic diseases: cancer, diabetes, hypertension, stroke, heart diseases, pulmonary conditions and mental illness. $1.1 trillion of that is attributed to lost productivity (DeVol et.al., 2007).

� Nearly one-quarter of the U.S. workforce has coronary heart disease, stroke and type 2 diabetes according to the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (2008).

� There is a higher risk for a worker who has large waist circumference, high flood pressure and high glucose levels to call in sick (Knight-Cohee, 2008).

Corporate CostEncouraging employee health also improves corporate expenditure and costs. The following statistics provide empirical proof of the benefits of having an all-encompassing experience for promotion of health:

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Societal CostFinally, the national obesity crisis greatly affects health investments by the government. By looking within, making personal and communal changes can have a greater impact on federal expenditures.

� According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than one-third of U.S. adults from 2009 to 2010 (35.7%) are obese, and a shocking 16.9% of U.S. children and adolescents (NCHS, 2012). If current trends continue, 103 million American adults will be considered obese by 2018 (Thorpe, 2009).

� The estimated annual medical cost of obesity in the U.S. was $147 billion in 2008, and those that are obese cost $1,429 more than those of normative weight, even when spending $272 more per year on private personal healthcare. The U.S. is projected to spend $343 billion on health care costs attributed to the epidemic, and will account for more than 21% of the nation’s overall health care spending by 2018 (Thorpe, 2009).

� By 2023 it is projected that there will be a 42% increase in cases of seven chronic diseases which will cost approximately $4.2 trillion in treatment and lost economy.

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