Health Facts - Did you know?
Long-term sickness absence costs UK business over £3.8 billion a year; accounts for 33% of working days lost due to sickness.
Obesity in England accounted 18million days of sickness absence, corresponding to a direct health care cost of £500m
Obesity will cost the economy a colossal £3.5 billion by the year 2010.
Obesity could knock an average of nine years off life expectancy.
Chronically Health Diseases - £8.5billion a year in production losses
Diabetes - total cost to industry around £795m
Stress related illness costs employers around £370 million per annum
It is estimated that back pain costs an average of £208 per employee per year
Published: 29 May 2006
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