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$90B time bomb exposed
Posted 24 March 2026 AM
Australia faces a looming $90 billion-a-year obesity crisis without coordinated policy action – including ensuring access to new therapies - a Novo Nordisk commissioned report has found.
Conducted by The McKell Institute and Menzies Research Centre, the report titled A Preventable Crisis, warns that the economic cost of obesity will hit $87.7 billion a year by 2032 and $228 billion annually by 2060, with two-thirds of the costs linked to lost productivity, including absenteeism, reduced workplace performance and premature death.
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Posted 24 March 2026 AM
Australia faces a looming $90 billion-a-year obesity crisis without coordinated policy action – including ensuring access to new therapies - a Novo Nordisk commissioned report has found.
Conducted by The McKell Institute and Menzies Research Centre, the report titled A Preventable Crisis, warns that the economic cost of obesity will hit $87.7 billion a year by 2032 and $228 billion annually by 2060, with two-thirds of the costs linked to lost productivity, including absenteeism, reduced workplace performance and premature death.
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