'Significantly' less claims from those who engage in healthier lifestyles

A study published by The Lancet Public Health has revealed that health risks which can be improved by engagement with healthier lifestyles were linked to more than $730bn of healthcare spending in the US in 2016. The research by Vitality Group and the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) found the costs were largely due to five risk factors, which include overweight and obesity, high blood pressure, high blood sugar, poor diet and smoking. US healthcare spending on these factors alone reached 27% of the $2.7trn total in 2016, the study revealed. The findings come at the ...