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Currently, estimates for these costs range from $147 billion to nearly $210 billion per year.1 In addition, obesity is associated with job absenteeism, costing approximately $4.3 billion annually2 and with lower productivity while at work, costing employers $506 per obese worker per year.3.
1 $62 billion -- Medicare and Medicaid are spending nearly this amount every year on obesity-related costs. 2  $66 billion -- Columbia University researchers say that if current trends don't change, annul obesity-related medical costs in the U.S. could increase this amount by 2030. $190 billion -- That's the amount of added medical costs every year that are estimated to stem from obesity-related problems. 2  Itâs nearly 21% of total U.S. health care costs.