Worldnutra 2010 Health Costs

worldnutra 2010 health costs

• Poor dietary health and activity #2 preventable cause of death in USA. (1993) • Obesity and inactivity cost >$100 billion annually • Annual budget National Institutes of Health, ~$20 billion • 2000 Research budget for nutrition at NIH, $400 million, dwarfed by the >$250 BILLION annual cost of chronic disease in USA linked to poor nutrition • Alzheimer's cost $5.5 billion in Canada today, • In USA Alzheimer's growing from 4 mio people today to 14 million by 2025 and costs expected to be $100 billion.