... of diseases such as diabetes, heart disease or mental health issues. These health risk factors and diseases have an impact on basic human function such as potential decreased cognitive function or declining physical capacity. As a result underlying health and the presence of health risk factors are major...

... that elevated blood pressure adds 163% increase in cost, physical inactivity adds 170% increase, and obesity adds a 169% increase in cost to the average claim. When particular conditions were reviewed, it showed that diabetes increased the cost by 81%, musculoskeletal disorders increased cost by 133...

... Introduction Wellness is the hype of the day. Americans continue to become heavier and diabetes is on the rise. The implications of these trends are becoming very well documented and understood. Comorbidities are the talk of the town as we begin to understand the impact they have on claims...

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... are the "big 3" diseases: cardiovascular disease, cancer and diabetes. These three diseases inevitably shorten an average person's life span or seriously degrade the quality of life. America is aging at an unprecedented rate, while physical fitness is declining at all ages. As of the year 2010, over 25...

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..., and employee replacement costs due to the explosion in the obesity-epidemic and those related disorders and risk factors (e.g., reduced exercise and processed food diets), including diabetes, arthritis, respiratory disease, and other illnesses. Health and safety professionals are also often asked to wear...

... worker construction industry construction supervisor diabetes health & medicine construction site international journal Session No. 744 Awareness Training Program for Residential Construction Supervisors Working with Multicultural Populations Luz Stella Marin Maria Brunette Ph.D. Dept...

... their bodies at risk for injuries. On the flip side, certain chronic conditions such as high blood pressure, diabetes and low back pain tend to become more prevalent in older populations. These conditions slow down the natural healing process and may turn what for younger workers would be a minor injury...

..., siblings, aunts/uncles, and children). It s a question that we all answer on the paperwork at our Doctor s office Has anyone in your immediate family had any of the following diseases? Heart disease, hypertension, diabetes, cancers (a wide variety), etc. The list seems to go on one after another...

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