Obesity represents an important public health issue and negatively influences the healthcare economics. Excess weight harms human health in many ways: obese people definitely have higher risk of some chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes, coronary heart disease and stroke, high blood pressure and obesity-related cancer. Therefore, obesity growth is undoubtedly a significant burden of economics and society. This journal looked at the estimated current annual cost for obesity and its related disease in United States, range from $147 billion to nearly $210 billion, along with annually $43 billion indirect costs, which means, "resources forgone as a result of a health condition." As predicted by 2030 in this journal, there could be between $390 billion and $580 billion annually losing in economic productivity due to obesity growth. .
Subsequently, the journal also concretely showed why containing these costs matters. Obesity leads to higher healthcare costs for both adults (41% higher) and children ($3743 for obese children in comparison to $1108 for all other children in total annual private insurance child healthcare expenses). Besides, excess weight has decreased worker productivity, increased absenteeism and caused higher workers' compensation claims: $7,503 for healthy-weight workers and $51,091 for obese workers (annual costs, United States). These are followed by some policy recommendations rightly emphasized the great important of intensifying public health strategies and providing appropriate and targeted services in order to solve obesity issue and its economic burden.
Concept.
The concept behind this issue is the pillar of public health strategies aimed at reducing the economic burden related to obesity. The aim of this article was overweight issue both in terms of direct and indirect costs and to provide a general comprehensive view of a considerable health concern may waste too much expense in community.
