Disease Care System

What does it say about our current "health" care system when 95% of all of our country's "health" care dollars are spent on the diagnosis and treatment of disease. Pure and simple, we have a disease care system, not a health care system. When only 5% of our dollars are spent on wellness and prevention, our system is obviously focused on disease not health. This is staggering when you consider that 91% of all diabetes cases, 83% of all heart attacks, 50% of all strokes and 36% of all cancers are due to lifestyle mis-management. Physical inactivity and being overweight or obese is associated with 23% of health plan charges.

Employee's that are sick and overweight experience 36% more restricted-activity days, 28% more bed-days, 50% lost work days and 88% more physician visit days, costing companies and organizations thousands of dollars per year.

The time is now to change our focus from diagnosis and treatment of disease to health and wellness of the body.