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The U.S. healthcare & fitness industry exceeds more than $2.1 triillon a year.

The U.S is at the brink of a bankrupt healthcare system! The fitness industry has an opportunity to redefine itself and contribute to health care reform.

 

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Something I think people would find surprising is that the most expensive component of a Chrysler brand vehicle isn't steel or plastic, but health care.

- Kathy Oswald, Senior VP of Human Resources, Chrysler Corp.
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Following are some health statistics that are influencing opportunities in wellness, including alarming increases in the percentages of health challenges:

  • 14 million Americans have low bone density, and 77% of the estimated 8 million who have osteoporosis are undiagnosed (National Osteoporosis Foundation);

  • 65% of the population is overweight, and 25% of those people are clinically obese (U. S. Centers for Disease Control);

  • 300,000 deaths per year are associated with being overweight and obese (U.S. Surgeon General);

  • 58 million Americans have one or more forms of cardiovascular disease, the majority of which are undiagnosed (American Heart Association);

  • 17 million have diabetes, 8 million more than estimated previously, and 5.5 million are undiagnosed (American Diabetes Association)
  • An estimated 16 million people have the precursor to diabetes, called pre-diabetes, or insulin resistance (American Diabetes Association).
 
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IATROGENIC  3rd Leading Cause of Death in America
According to the Journal of the American Medical Association, U.S. medicine generates every year around 250,000 deaths caused by a doctor's therapy or by prescribed drugs.

Dr. Barbara Starfield of the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health desribes how the US health care system may contribute to poor health. ALL THESE ARE DEATHS PER YEAR:
  • 12,000 -- unnecessary surgeries
  • 7,000 -- medication errors in hospitals
  • 20,000 -- other errors in hospitals
  • 80,000 -- infections in hospitals
  • 106,000 -- non-error, negative effects of drugs
  • These total to 250,000 deaths per year from iatrogenic causes!

Medicine Late Adopter

Medicine Many Years Behind Science
  • It is well known in the scientific world that medicine is at least 10-20+ years behind scientific technology and research.
  • Medicine is a late adopter in embracing change and innovation.
  • HEG intends to integrate medicine with the most current approved global scientific advancements, bringing medicine in line with the rest of the global scientific community, thereby enhancing the practice of global medicine .

No Outcomes Data

Physicians and hospitals do not keep and report outcomes data as a matter of course.
  • In fact, there is virtually no scientific evidence-based study on any specific practitioner's success with any treatment.
  • Incredibly, in spite of the medical profession's commitment to science, the evidence that any one practitioner is likely to be successful with any treatment is purely anecdotal, with no scientific basis for choosing one practitioner from another.
Source: 4Healing

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