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A 2008 study published in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (JOEM) show that employers can save $1.65 in health care expenses for every dollar spent on a comprehensive employee wellness program.

Pittsburgh-based health insurer Highmark Inc. conducted a study of its own corporate wellness program, which saved $1.3 million during a four-year period. According to the medical journal Archives of Internal Medicine, obese employees:

• filed twice the number of workers' compensation claims
• their medical costs from those claims were seven times higher
• they stayed out of work 13 times longer after a work-related injury or illness than did workers who are not obese

Overweight and obesity are known risk factors for:

• diabetes
• coronary heart disease
• high blood cholesterol
• stroke
• hypertension
• gallbladder disease
• osteoarthritis (which is degeneration of joints)
• sleep apnea/other breathing problems
• some forms of cancer

According to a recent survey by the ERISA Industry Committee and National Association of Manufacturers trade groups and IncentOne (an incentive-program administrator based in Lyndhurst, N.J.), more than 70% of 225 major employers offer health and wellness incentives to their employees.