Obese patients cost NHS double the amount of healthy people Obese patients cost the NHS double the amount that people who are a healthy weight do, a landmark new study has revealed.
One million patients who were a healthy weight cost the NHS £638 on average in 2019, the research found. Meanwhile, £1,375 was spent per year on morbidly obese patients with a body mass index (BMI) of more than 40.
Experts warned the future viability of the NHS relies on combatting increasing obesity as it was leading to record levels of long-term sickness.
The research, presented at the European Congress of Obesity in Dublin, is the first to show how NHS spending varies depending on a patient’s weight. The Independent
See also:
- How obesity is draining the NHS of billions of much-needed cash every year The Daily Mail
- Massive cost of obesity to NHS revealed The Daily Telegraph
- Obese patients cost NHS twice as much as those with healthy weight, study says The Guardian
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