Research from the US
- Diet related health risks increase medical and productivity costs
- Cost of medical care for COPD is high
- Costs rise with increasing BMI
- Diabetes, hypertension and cholesterol impact costs
- Insomnia, a huge economic burden
- Excess health risks contribute to employer costs
- Medical claims costs rise with increasing BMI
- Rheumatoid arthritis associated with high employer's health costs
- Strong ROI for weight management programmes
- Obesity increases medical and absenteeism costs
- Painful medical conditions raise the cost of employees' medical claims
- Medical charges increase with increasing BMI
- Medical claims proportional to employee health risks
- Medical costs drop as activity increases, regardless of BMI
- High medical costs linked to overweight and obesity
- Medical claims costs predicted using health risk appraisal data
- Pharmaceutical costs linked to number and type of health risks
- Excessive sleepiness impairs health and productivity
- The business costs of poor sleep
- Worker productivity and performance is affected by waking up in the night
- Fatigue-related lost productive time associated with high financial losses
- High cost of diabetic neuropathy to US economy
- Productivity-related costs seriously impact full cost of health conditions
- BMI linked to short-term disability and lost work days
- Health-related productivity costs high for smokers
- Absence rates and duration rise with number of risk factors
- Bipolar disorder associated with high absence-related costs
- Economic impact of presenteeism exceeds direct medical care costs
- Health risk factors and productivity linked to sizable loss
- Obesity leads to lost productive time
- Pain cripples work place performance
- Health risk status and on-the-job productivity strongly linked
- Pain leads to drop in productivity and financial losses
- Strong link between health risks and absence costs
- Four or more health risk factors double risk of absenteeism
- Health risk status influences employee compensation costs
- Lack of exercise linked to raised illness-related absence
- Medical conditions impair work performance
- Obesity directly increases absenteeism
- Employee wellness programmes provide excellent ROI
- How and why employees use online health programmes
- Online intervention increases fruit and vegetable consumption
- Online weight intervention helps maintain long-term weight loss
- Workplace wellness programme can generate savings and reduce absence
- Activity interventions can improve health, absence rates and stress
- Frequent health risk appraisal can improve employee health status
- Health promotion strategy lowers healthcare expenditure
- Employer-sponsored weight management programme a success
- Smoking cessation strategy yields substantial ROI
- Health risk appraisal essential for medical cost savings
- Health risks strongly influence productivity
- On-site fitness centre ups staff productivity and reduces absence
- Small cuts in health risk lead to large savings
- Work-based health promotion has strong positive financial impact
- Small risk reductions cover costs of health promotion
- Wellness programme coupled to positive changes in productivity
- Health promotion scheme associated with reduced absenteeism
- Musculoskeletal pain prevention programme associated with savings
- Short-term disability absence cut by health promotion strategy