Why Wellness?
For too long, we’ve focused on treating diseases after the fact, with expensive cures. This strategy has created our current epidemic of high health care costs. It’s time to shift to a preventive focus – one that centers on making lasting lifestyle changes.
Did You Know?
Starbucks spends more on health care than it does on coffee beans.
General Motors spends more than $5 billion on health care – 25% of which can be traced back to unhealthy personal habits.
The average health care expenditures for a person without diabetes is $2,650. The cost for someone with diabetes is $13,243 – 2.4 times more.
On average, for every 100 employees:
- 25 have cardiovascular disease
- 12 are asthmatic
- 6 are diabetic
- 26 have high blood pressure
- 30 have high cholesterol
- 38 are overweight
- 21 smoke
- 31 use alcohol excessively
- 20 don't wear seat belts
- 24 don't exercise
- 44 suffer from stress
Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2007
Did you know?
- Starbucks spends more on health care than it does on coffee beans.
- General Motors spends more than $5 billion on health care - 25 percent of which can be traced back to unhealthy personal habits.
- The average health care expenditures for a person without diabetes is $2,650 while the cost for someone with diabetes is $13,243 - 2.4 times more.
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