Obesity remains one of the top workplace health challenges faced by employers, according to a survey of business owners released Monday, with the tab from expanding waistlines estimated to cost employers some $73 billion a year in higher health care bills.
The study “Weight Control and the Workplace” was conducted by the Northeast Business Group on Health, a group of large national employers and other organizations that chart health care costs.
Read the entire story by Alex Hopkins at The Washington Times here.
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