This statistic represents possible future cost scenarios associated with obesity in the United States, until 2020. If the first scenario would occur, by which the distribution by body
weight remains unchanged from 2007, the spending per adult is expected to increase some 65 percent in the period between 2007 and 2020.
Possible future obesity cost scenarios in the United States until 2020*
The scenarios also reflect a general trend of health care expenditures per capita increasing, reflecting a continuing increase in underlying health care spending.
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Merrill Lynch. (June 21, 2012). Possible future obesity cost scenarios in the United States until 2020* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 10, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/243395/future-us-obesity-cost-scenarios/
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Merrill Lynch. (2012). Possible future obesity cost scenarios in the United States until 2020*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 10, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/243395/future-us-obesity-cost-scenarios/
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