Data obtained during the audit showed that in 2022 overweight and obesity affected, depending on the province, about 60-70 percent of the population. According to OECD data, each year about 1.5 million hospitalizations are related to obesity, and treatment of the disease and its complications consumes ⅕ of the health care budget.
Social Security data show that between 2012 and 2022, Social Security Fund expenditures on benefits resulting from an inability to work due to a diagnosis of obesity increased from about PLN 22 million to nearly PLN 31 million. Obesity is also associated with absenteeism from work and lower employee productivity. In 10 years, the number of days absent from work due to obesity has increased more than sevenfold, i.e. from about 28,000 to almost 206,000, while expenses for this purpose have increased 12-fold, i.e. from about PLN 1.7 million to almost PLN 21 million. According to OECD estimates, within 30 years our country will lose about PLN 108 billion (4.1 percent of GDP) due to obesity-related diseases, i.e...
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