The human cost of diabetes is, of course, great — but the cost to employers isn’t so small, either, with unplanned and missed days of work adding up to more than $20 billion a year.
And with type 2 diabetes on the increase among U.S. adults, that number looks likely to rise. The Cost of Diabetes in the U.S.: Economic and Well-Being Impact, a new report by Gallup researchers and health and wellness engagement firm Sharecare, finds that diabetes has increased from 10.6 percent of U.S. adults in 2008 to 11.5 percent in the first nine months of 2017.
The Society for Human Resource Management points out in a report that lifestyle management programs can help people who have, or who are at risk of developing, type 2 diabetes—and that can help employers in curtailing the cost of the disease.
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