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• Indirect costs of overweight and obesity – £15.8 billion (2007); £49.9 billion (2050). England 2007 projected out to 2050 NHS cost data applied to microsimulation modelled estimates of elevated BMI and obesity-related disease, based on projections of BMI distribution from HSE data (1993–2004). One such report – Healthy c. The 4 fold increase in the cost of treating obesity was attributable largely to increased drug costs. d. £390 million – £435 million of the increase is due to the inclusion of new obesity related diseases. The researchers predict that if the current trend continues, up to 48% of men and 43% of women in the UK could be obese by 2030, adding an additional £1.9-2 billion per year in medical costs for obesity-related diseases. In the UK, past trends predicted that by 2030 the prevalence of obesity would rise from 26% to 41-48% in men, and from 26% to 35-43% in women. This would equate to 11 million more obese adults by 2030, 3.3 million of whom would be older than 60 The report provided the following key figures on the cost of obesity in Scotland in 2007/8: z More than £175 million of the cost of obesity was direct NHS costs (equivalent to 2% of the budget allocated to Health Boards) of which £4.5 million were drug costs. One such report – Healthy c. The 4 fold increase in the cost of treating obesity was attributable largely to increased drug costs. d. £390 million – £435 million of the increase is due to the inclusion of new obesity related diseases. NOO | The economic burden of obesity 1 Executive summary Estimates of the direct NHS costs of treating overweight and obesity, and related morbidity in England have ranged a from £479.3 million in 1998 1 to £4.2 billion in 2007. One such report – Healthy c. The 4 fold increase in the cost of treating obesity was attributable largely to increased drug costs. d. £390 million – £435 million of the increase is due to the inclusion of new obesity related diseases. The UK spends less than £638 million a year on obesity prevention programmes-about 1% of the country's social cost of obesity, the study found. But the country spends about £6 billion a year on the medical costs of conditions related to being overweight or obese and a further £10 billion on diabetes, it claimed. If we reduce obesity to 1993 levels, where 15% of the population were obese, we will avoid five million disease cases and save the NHS alone an additional £1.2 billion by 2034. That is up from the cost of £1.5 million in 2012-13, but lower than the previous year, when £2.7 million was spent on obesity prescriptions. Conservative health spokesman, Jackson Carlaw, who obtained the figures, said: Of course, not every case of diabetes is related to weight, there are a range of reasons. Image caption Nearly a quarter of a million people in Scotland have diabetes, with the majority suffering from Type 2. NHS Scotland has spent nearly £230m on drugs to treat diabetes and obesity within three years, figures have shown. The diabetes drugs bill was £75.7m in 2013-14, £73.2m last year and £74.2m in 2011-12. Estimates of the direct costs to the NHS for treating overweight and obesity, and related morbidity in England, have ranged from £479.3 million in 1998 [1] to £4.2 billion in 2007 [2].  The research, commissioned by the assembly government, put the cost of obesity to the NHS in Wales at £73m and excessive alcohol consumption at between £69.9m and £73.3m. This works out as between £25 and £29 a person in Wales for obesity and about £24 a person for alcohol. Image caption A survey in 2008 said 57% of people in Wales were obese or overweight. Obesity and excessive drinking are costing the NHS in Wales more than £140m each year, according to research.
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