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5236 CONNECT 974 TWEET 189 LINKEDIN 74 COMMENT EMAIL MORE. Over a lifetime, the medical costs associated with childhood obesity total about $19,000 per child compared with those for a child of normal weight, a new analysis shows. Post to Facebook. Price tag for childhood obesity: $19,000 per kid. Michelle Healy, USA TODAY 4:42 p.m. EDT April 7, 2014. New analysis says the lifetime medical costs of childhood obesity is roughly $19,000 per child. (Photo: Thinkstock via Getty Images). Childhood obesity comes with an estimated price tag of $19,000 per child when comparing lifetime medical costs to those of a normal weight child, according to an analysis led by researchers at the Duke Global Health Institute and Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School in Singapore. An alternative estimate, which takes into account the possibility of normal weight children gaining weight in adulthood, reduces the cost to $12,900 per obese child. The findings appear online today in the journal Pediatrics. 1 $14.3 billion -- This is how much childhood obesity costs the U.S. each year, according to a published study from the Brookings Institution. 2  $62 billion -- Medicare and Medicaid are spending nearly this amount every year on obesity-related costs. 1 $1 billion -- U.S. airlines are consuming an extra 350 million gallons of fuel per year due to overweight passengers. 2  Price tag for childhood obesity: $19,000 per kid. Over a lifetime, the medical costs associated with childhood obesity total about $19,000 per child compared with those for a child of normal weight, a new analysis shows. Post to Facebook. Price tag for childhood obesity: $19,000 per kid. Michelle Healy, USA TODAY 4:42 p.m. EDT April 7, 2014. New analysis says the lifetime medical costs of childhood obesity is roughly $19,000 per child. (Photo: Thinkstock via Getty Images). 1 Childhood obesity alone is responsible for $14 billion in direct medical costs. Obesity-related medical costs in general are expected to rise significantly, especially because today’s obese children are likely to become tomorrow’s obese adults. The direct and additional hidden costs of obesity are stifling businesses and organizations that stimulate jobs and growth in U.S. cities. In the 10 cities with the highest obesity rates, the direct costs connected with obesity and obesity-related diseases are roughly $50 million per 100,000 residents. Share. 12. Obesity is a major health problem, and it turns out it's pretty expensive -- especially when it comes to kids. According to medical researchers at Duke University, childhood obesity comes with an estimated price tag of $19,000 per child when comparing lifetime medical costs to those of a healthy weight child. When you break it down by population, it costs every American $500 a year. Let's take a look at one state, one of the fittest in the country, according to stateofobesity.org, in California alone, the economic costs of overweight, obesity and physical inactivity are estimated to cost $41 billion a year. Economic Costs of Obesity. In addition to its serious health consequences, obesity has real economic costs that affect all of us. The estimated annual health care costs of obesity-related illness are a staggering $190.2 billion or nearly 21% of annual medical spending in the United States. The direct and additional hidden costs of obesity are stifling businesses and organizations that stimulate jobs and growth in U.S. cities. In the 10 cities with the highest obesity rates, the direct costs connected with obesity and obesity-related diseases are roughly $50 million per 100,000 residents. The medical care costs of obesity in the United States are high. In 2008 dollars, these costs were estimated to be $147 billion. 15. The annual nationwide productive costs of obesity obesity-related absenteeism range between $3.38 billion ($79 per obese individual) and $6.38 billion ($132 per obese individual) 16. In addition to these costs, data shows implications of obesity on recruitment by the armed forces When multiplied by the number of obese 10-year-olds in the United States, lifetime medical costs for this age alone reach roughly $14 billion. An alternative estimate, which takes into account the possibility of normal weight children gaining weight in adulthood, reduces the cost to $12,900 per obese child. The findings appear online today in the journal Pediatrics.
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