Return on Investment: Medical Savings of an Employer-Sponsored Digital Intensive Lifestyle Intervention, Weight Loss.
Cecelia M HorstmanDonna H RyanLouis J AronneCaroline M ApovianJohn P ForeytHannah M TuttleDonald A WilliamsonPublished in: Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) (2021)
The findings demonstrated that the digital weight-management ILI was associated with a significantly positive ROI. Employers and payers willing to cover the cost of an ILI that produces both weight loss and demonstrated cost benefits can improve health and save money for their population with overweight or obesity.
Keyphrases
- weight loss
- bariatric surgery
- healthcare
- roux en y gastric bypass
- gastric bypass
- randomized controlled trial
- public health
- weight gain
- mental health
- glycemic control
- obese patients
- metabolic syndrome
- type diabetes
- health promotion
- physical activity
- insulin resistance
- cardiovascular disease
- skeletal muscle
- body weight
- high fat diet induced