| Healthy lifestyles can go a long way
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| | LinkResearchers have found 37 percent
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| toward solving today's healthcare crisis.
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| | more cancer among obese women and 25
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| These facts and figures give some clues
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| | percent more among obese men, compared to
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| as to where we can make some changes to
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| | people of healthy weight. Death rates for
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| prevent disease and cut healthcare
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| | all cancers are 62 percent higher among
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| costs.One Dollar Saves ThreeThe federal
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| | obese women and 52 percent higher among
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| government doesn't keep track of
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| | obese men. Among obese women, risks for
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| statistics on how wellness programs can
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| | specific cancers increase as follows:
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| impact healthcare costs but some
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| | breast 150 percent; uterine 200 to 400
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| businesses have found that promoting
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| | percent; kidney 200 to 400 percent;
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| wellness reaps handsome rewards.
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| | pancreatic 200 percent; and colon 46
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| According to the Wellness Councils of
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| | percent.
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| America, a non-profit group that promotes
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| | Source: Mayo Clinic Women's
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| healthy lifestyles, companies can save
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| | HealthSourceWeight Gain
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| three dollars on healthcare expenses for
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| | ExplainedAmericans' per capita daily
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| every dollar they spend on wellness
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| | calorie consumption increased by roughly
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| programs that teach employees to lead
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| | 300 calories per person between 1985 and
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| healthier lives.
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| | 2000. Grains (mainly refined grains)
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| Source: Wellness Councils of
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| | accounted for 46 percent of the increase,
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| AmericaLifestyle Could Reduce Diabetes by
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| | added fats for 24 percent, added sugars
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| 87 PercentThe combination of losing
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| | for 23 percent, and fruits and vegetables
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| weight, moving more, cutting out
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| | for 8 percent, while meat and dairy
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| trans-fats, saturated fats and excessive
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| | consumption declined by 1 percent.
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| alcohol, and eating more fiber could
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| | Source: American Heart
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| reduce the incidence of type 2 diabetes
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| | AssociationMultivitamins Could Cut
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| by a staggering 87 percent. A modest
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| | Medicare CostsMedicare could save at
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| 5-percent weight loss can lower risk
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| | least 1.6 billion dollars in the next
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| significantly. The incidence of type 2
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| | five years by providing multivitamins to
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| diabetes increased by 60 percent in the
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| | people over the age of 65. Cost savings
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| United States between 1990 and 2001.
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| | would result primarily from fewer
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| Treatment for diabetes and its
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| | admissions to hospitals and nursing homes
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| complications consumes 10 percent of
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| | as a result of heart disease and
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| America's healthcare dollars.
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| | infections such as pneumonia.
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| Sources: British Journal of Nutrition
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| | Source: Multivitamins and Public Health:
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| and American Diabetes AssociationThe
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| | Exploring the Evidence ConferenceCalcium
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| Aerobic CureAerobic exercise alone cured
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| | and Folic Acid Could Save 15 Billion
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| metabolic syndrome (sometimes called
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| | DollarsA study commissioned by the
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| syndrome X) in 30 percent of people in
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| | Dietary Supplement Education Alliance
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| the HERITAGE Family Study in Canada. The
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| | shows that the use of daily calcium
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| syndrome is a combination of elevated
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| | supplements could prevent 734,000 hip
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| blood pressure, blood glucose,
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| | fractures annually, saving 13.9 billion
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| triglycerides, cholesterol and high waist
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| | dollars in healthcare costs. Daily use of
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| circumference that significantly raises
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| | folic acid supplements could prevent 600
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| the risks of diabetes and heart disease.
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| | cases of neural tube birth defects,
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| People in the study rode a stationary
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| | saving an additional 1.3 billion dollars.
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| bike three times per week for twenty
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| | Foods fortified with calcium or folic
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| weeks.
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| | acid offer an alternative to supplement
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| Source: Medicine and Science in Sports
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| | pills.
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| and ExerciseThe Obesity-Cancer
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