Over a Lifetime, Childhood Obesity Costs $19,000 Per Child

“Reducing childhood obesity is a public health priority that has substantial health and economic benefits,” said lead author Eric Andrew Finkelstein, Ph.D., M.H.A. “These estimates provide the financial consequences of inaction and the potential medical savings from obesity prevention efforts that successfully reduce or delay obesity onset.”

Over a Lifetime, Childhood Obesity Costs $19,000 Per Child