To Determine Health Risk, the focus should be on Waist Size not Weight!
Dee Barker
CEO/Founder - BBI Inc: Created Patented AI +Visualization tech proven to drive engagement & retention in health and wellness programs; Microsoft for Start-Ups; Woman Owned/Operated, EY Entrepreneur Finalist
SEE FOR YOURSELF!
Get this…According to the CDC it was estimated that in the next 10 years type 2 diabetes will increase by at least 54% to more than 56 million Americans, another 84 million have prediabetes, , 50% of individuals will require insulin to control their diabetes, annual deaths will climb to 38% and total annual medical cost related will increase by 53% which is an increase of more than 600 Billion dollars.
What do we do?
If you are an employer, insurer or wellness company these numbers must, at the very least cause you to sit up and take notice. Most importantly Type 2 diabetes is PREVENTABLE AND REVERSABLE.
Here are 3 easy steps to help reduce Type 2 diabetes
Step 1
Know your waist size, 80% of the population does not know their waist size and most do not even know where their waist is located! I found this to be true after measuring waist sizes for over 20 years. Keeping track of one’s waist size can be one of the most important factors in avoiding this deadly disease.
Step 2
Get employees and customers to focus on waist size not weight, weight can fluctuate daily as 50 to 60% of all body weight is fluid, fat holds lots of fluid so the more fat the more fluid weight, diets can help to reduce overall weight, but they do not necessarily reduce the size of your waist. Weight loss contest work to help reduce overall employee weight but adding waist/height ratios help to reduce risk factors and health care cost.
Step 3
Offer support technology for your employees/customers, BetterBodyImage patented technology offers a private, accurate, fast & easy way for individuals to measure themselves and keep track of waist measurements. BBI also alerts those who may be at risk for type 2 diabetes and other chronic diseases all via a cell phone photo. The BBI system is bases on 20 years of collected body change data and is easily available as a supplement to current wellness programs or as a stand-alone waist and weight management program.