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The obesity crisis is a growing business and health challenge for employers. A recent study from the Milken Institute found that obesity and overweight factors among employees in the nonfarm civilian workforce cost about $425.5 billion, including a combined $146.5 billion in higher medical costs to employers ($89.8 billion) and employees ($56.7 billion). Meanwhile, the rise in GLP-1s and other weight loss medications have rapidly broken into the mainstream national conversation, leading to a shortage for some brands and some new limitations in coverage. As a result, those who most need the medications are losing access.
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