Face The Enemy, Overcome Obesity!

Many years ago, the issues regarding overweight adults and children were ones that were rarely addressed. This is because it didn’t use to be an issue. There have been many drastic changes within our country that directly affect this current widespread concern. Obesity is now one of people’s biggest enemies; 67% of all adults who fall into this category are struggling to overcome it, and the ones who aren’t work hard at preventing it. Mentioned in previous posts such as Cutting Weight Cuts Health Care Costs, this epidemic is something that should be discussed regularly, and highly stressed due to the affects it has in people’s lives.

Roughly 93 billion in obesity, 27 billion in diabetes, 85 billion in heart disease, and 32 billion in hypertension are the costs associated with these diseases. If seeing these numbers isn’t enough to boggle minds, knowing that 70% of all health care costs are preventable will. An easy way corporations can help lower these high numbers is implementing a gym in their corporate wellness program. Health clubs around the country offer a wide range of innovative fitness programs including yoga, pilates, cycling, swimming, free weights, and group exercise.

 Fortunately, there are many ways to beat these diseases, now it’s the responsibility of companies to sponsor affective corporate wellness programs, and the people within them to take advantage of the opportunities given to sustain their wellness.

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