{"id":14794,"date":"2014-11-24T15:00:20","date_gmt":"2014-11-24T15:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/2014-11-24-obesity-costs-u-s-8-billion-per-year-in-lost-productivity\/"},"modified":"2022-11-13T21:38:53","modified_gmt":"2022-11-14T02:38:53","slug":"2014-11-24-obesity-costs-u-s-8-billion-per-year-in-lost-productivity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/2014-11-24-obesity-costs-u-s-8-billion-per-year-in-lost-productivity\/","title":{"rendered":"Obesity Costs U.S. $8 Billion Per Year In Lost Productivity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A recent <a href=\"https:\/\/news.yale.edu\/2014\/11\/14\/obesity-among-american-workers-costs-nations-billions-lost-productivity#:~:text=Obesity%20is%20associated%20with%20significant,published%20by%20Rudd%20Center%20researchers.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">study<\/a> published in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine associated obesity with significant increases in absenteeism among American workers that costs the nation over $8 billion per year in lost productivity. From researchers at Yale\u2019s Rudd Center, the study \u201csuggests that the health consequences of obesity negatively impact the workforce, and in turn create a significant financial challenge for the nation as well as individual states.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/aaaa-225x300-1.jpeg\" alt=\"Journal of Occupational &amp; Environmental Medicine Book Cover\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/> The study is the first of its kind to provide state-level estimates of obesity-attributable costs of absenteeism among working adults in the United States. Annual \u201cobesity-attributable absenteeism costs ranged across states from $14.4 million (Wyoming) to $907 million (California) per year. Overall, a total national loss in productivity because of obesity-related absenteeism was estimated at $8.65 billion per year, which is 9.3% of all absenteeism costs.\u201d<br \/>\nEmployers should embrace the full economic benefits of wellness programs, which go beyond just cost containment for medical expenses. A significant benefit of wellness programs include reductions in absenteeism, which have been shown to fall $2.73 for every dollar invested in wellness. Additionally, employers will receive economic benefits from reductions in presenteeism (coming to work sick) and improvements in retention and recruiting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Obesity Costs U.S. $8 Billion Per Year In Lost Productivity<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16085,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-facts-and-research"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v20.6 (Yoast SEO v24.8.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Obesity Costs U.S. $8 Billion Per Year In Lost Productivity | Wellable<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Obesity Costs U.S. $8 Billion Per Year In Lost Productivity\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/2014-11-24-obesity-costs-u-s-8-billion-per-year-in-lost-productivity\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Obesity Costs U.S. $8 Billion Per Year In Lost Productivity | Wellable\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Obesity Costs U.S. $8 Billion Per Year In Lost Productivity\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/2014-11-24-obesity-costs-u-s-8-billion-per-year-in-lost-productivity\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Wellable\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GetWellable\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-11-24T15:00:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-11-14T02:38:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/aaaa-225x300-1.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"225\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"300\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Wellable\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@getwellable\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@getwellable\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Wellable\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Obesity Costs U.S. $8 Billion Per Year In Lost Productivity | Wellable","description":"Obesity Costs U.S. $8 Billion Per Year In Lost Productivity","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/2014-11-24-obesity-costs-u-s-8-billion-per-year-in-lost-productivity\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Obesity Costs U.S. $8 Billion Per Year In Lost Productivity | Wellable","og_description":"Obesity Costs U.S. $8 Billion Per Year In Lost Productivity","og_url":"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/2014-11-24-obesity-costs-u-s-8-billion-per-year-in-lost-productivity\/","og_site_name":"Wellable","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GetWellable\/","article_published_time":"2014-11-24T15:00:20+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-11-14T02:38:53+00:00","og_image":[{"width":225,"height":300,"url":"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/aaaa-225x300-1.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Wellable","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@getwellable","twitter_site":"@getwellable","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Wellable","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/2014-11-24-obesity-costs-u-s-8-billion-per-year-in-lost-productivity\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/2014-11-24-obesity-costs-u-s-8-billion-per-year-in-lost-productivity\/"},"author":{"name":"Wellable","@id":"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/f7c042b5403e555f4cd545a365023e71"},"headline":"Obesity Costs U.S. $8 Billion Per Year In Lost Productivity","datePublished":"2014-11-24T15:00:20+00:00","dateModified":"2022-11-14T02:38:53+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/2014-11-24-obesity-costs-u-s-8-billion-per-year-in-lost-productivity\/"},"wordCount":202,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/2014-11-24-obesity-costs-u-s-8-billion-per-year-in-lost-productivity\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/aaaa-225x300-1.jpeg","articleSection":["Facts and Research"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/2014-11-24-obesity-costs-u-s-8-billion-per-year-in-lost-productivity\/","url":"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/2014-11-24-obesity-costs-u-s-8-billion-per-year-in-lost-productivity\/","name":"Obesity Costs U.S. $8 Billion Per Year In Lost Productivity | Wellable","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/2014-11-24-obesity-costs-u-s-8-billion-per-year-in-lost-productivity\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/2014-11-24-obesity-costs-u-s-8-billion-per-year-in-lost-productivity\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/aaaa-225x300-1.jpeg","datePublished":"2014-11-24T15:00:20+00:00","dateModified":"2022-11-14T02:38:53+00:00","description":"Obesity Costs U.S. $8 Billion Per Year In Lost Productivity","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/2014-11-24-obesity-costs-u-s-8-billion-per-year-in-lost-productivity\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/2014-11-24-obesity-costs-u-s-8-billion-per-year-in-lost-productivity\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/2014-11-24-obesity-costs-u-s-8-billion-per-year-in-lost-productivity\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/aaaa-225x300-1.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/aaaa-225x300-1.jpeg","width":225,"height":300,"caption":"Journal of Occupational & Environmental Medicine Book Cover"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/2014-11-24-obesity-costs-u-s-8-billion-per-year-in-lost-productivity\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Obesity Costs U.S. $8 Billion Per Year In Lost Productivity"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/","name":"Wellable","description":"Latest Research &amp; News in Wellness","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/#organization","name":"Wellable","url":"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/favicon-wellable.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/favicon-wellable.webp","width":155,"height":157,"caption":"Wellable"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GetWellable\/","https:\/\/x.com\/getwellable","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/wellable-inc-\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCtTLlvZR-tKRBcb32l-rFXg"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/f7c042b5403e555f4cd545a365023e71","name":"Wellable","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7ef55908793ea28069cb18e15eaaf0f0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7ef55908793ea28069cb18e15eaaf0f0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Wellable"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/34.168.145.72"],"url":"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/author\/wellable-admin\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/aaaa-225x300-1.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14794","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14794"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14794\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}