Table 2 Economic gains resulting from the four interventions, 2026–2092
Healthcare cost savings | Gains from increased wages | Productivity gained from averted work absenteeism and presenteeism | Economic value of life years gained (YLLs only) | Total savings | Total savings per person affected by overweight or obesity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Intervention | UDS millions | USD | ||||
Social marketing in schools | 93.4 (14.9, 168.2) | 112.7 (18.0, 202.8) | 250.0 (40.0, 450.0) | 955.5 (152.9, 1,719.8) | 1,411.5 (225.8, 2,540.8) | 9,329.9 (9,035.9, 9,609.9) |
Breastfeeding promotion at health centers | 33.9 (22.9, 42.6) | 49.8 (33.7, 62.6) | 83.9 (56.8, 105.5) | 278.0 (188.3, 349.7) | 445.6 (301.8, 560.5) | 4,355.8 (4,323.0, 4,382.1) |
Healthy school food environment | 845.3 (683.6, 1,007.0) | 784.0 (645.9, 922.2) | 2,449.9 (1,989.9, 2,910.0) | 7,823.8 (6,506.2, 9,141.4) | 11,903.1 (9,825.7, 13,980.5) | 11,775.7 (10,860.4, 12,583.2) |
20% food subsidy | 5.3 (0.0, 16.2) | 6.0 (0.0, 18.5) | 14.0 (0.0, 43.2) | 54.0 (0.0, 166.2) | 79.3 (0.0, 244.1) | 5,273.7 (0.0, 5,314.7) |
All four combined | 977.8 (721.5, 1,233.9) | 952.5 (697.7, 1,206.1) | 2,797.9 (2,086.7, 3,508.7) | 9,111.3 (6,847.4, 11,377.1) | 13,839.5 (10,353.3, 17,325.9) | 12,089.8 (10,895.3, 13,135.4) |