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New research shows medical spending averages $1,400 more a year for an obese person than for someone who's normal weight. Overall obesity-related health spending reaches $147 billion, double what it was nearly a decade ago, says the study published Monday by the journal Health Affairs.Diet and Nutrition.he new Health Affairs study found obesity-related conditions now account for 9.1 percent of all medical spending, up from 6.5 percent in 1998. During that time, the obesity rate rose 37 percent.
Overweight and obesity also have an increasing economic impact. For example, in the US healthcare system, medical costs of obesity are estimated to have increased from US$78.5 billion in 1998 to $147 billion in 2008. Prevention of obesity is often considered a means to reduce this economic burden. Still, information on the costâeffectiveness (CE) and long-term costs of preventing weight gain and obesity is limited to a few, mostly recently published analyses (see reviews by MÃ¼ller-Riemenschneider et al. and John et al.).