Investor Presentaiton
Investor Presentation
First nine months of 2018
Slide 92
Healthcare cost associated with obesity expected to
increase
Global healthcare cost 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 cost of treating
complications of obesity is expected to reach USD ~550
billion in the USA 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
2020
2025
Source: World Obesity Federation, 2017
changing
diabetes®
Source: WHO, October 2017; World Obesity Federation, 2017
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