Counting Costs and Calories
Measuring the Cost of Obesity to Texas Employers
March 2007

Executive Summary

• The Cost of Obesity: Squeezing Texas Employers
• El costo de la obesidad: Exprimiendo a los empleadores de Texas

Obesity: A Crisis in Texas

• Letter from Susan Combs
• Counting Costs and Calories
• A National Epidemic
• Weighing the Costs
• Fighting Obesity
• Texas Employer Survey
• Today's Children: Tomorrow's Work Force
• The Texas Story
• For Further Information
• Glossary
• Appendix 1 Method to Calculate Costs
• Appendix 2 Texas Health Care Cost Survey
• Appendix 3 Future Costs of Obesity

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Executive Summary: The Cost of Obesity

Counting Costs and Calories