Investor Presentation Full Year 2017
Investor Presentation
Full year 2017
Slide 83
The healthcare cost associated with obesity expected to
increase
Global healthcare costs related to obesity
expected to increase by 50% by 2025
+50%
USD ~0.8
trillion
USD ~1.0
trillion
USD ~1.2
trillion
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Increase in healthcare costs primarily driven
by obesity-related comorbidities
Today, 650 million people have obesity globally
By 2025, ~1 billion people are expected to have obesity
If left untreated, by 2025, the costs of treating
complications of obesity is expected to reach USD ~550
billion in the US and USD ~1.2 trillion globally
The increased healthcare costs are primarily driven by
obesity-related comorbidities such as type 2 diabetes and
cardiovascular disease
2017
Source: World Obesity Federation, 2017
changing
diabetes
2020
2025
Source: WHO, October 2017; World Obesity Federation, 2017
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