How to Re-boot the Healthcare System
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It’s boots on the ground to re-boot the healthcare system, America.
If we all get up and move more, we can re-boot the system and save health care costs.
The World Health Organization says a sedentary lifestyle is one of the 10 leading causes of death and disability. It accounts for 300,000 premature deaths each year in the United States alone. These deaths are mainly from cardiovascular disease.
America has 5% of the world’s population yet pays 40% of the world’s costs for inactivity, $117 billion/year in health care costs. Inactivity increases risks for: obesity, coronary heart disease, diabetes, Alzheimer’s and dementia. Approximately 60% of all Americans age 18 and older report that they are physically inactive.
Here’s a breakdown of costs:
Alzheimer’s costs $277 billion/year: An estimated 39% of risk for Alzheimer’s is related to inactivity.
Cancer costs $158 billion (2020): More than 90,000 (of 1.7 million) new cancer cases a year in the United States may be due to physical inactivity and prolonged periods of sitting.
Coronary heart disease costs $200 billion/year: Approximately 35% of coronary heart disease deaths (the leading cause of death in the United States with over 700,000 deaths annually) are due to physical inactivity.
Diabetes costs $327 billion/year: Inactivity doubles the risk for diabetes
Obesity costs $147 billion/year: inactivity doubles the risk for obesity
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