Considering the money needed for medical care, disability and loss of productivity, obesity is costing Americans roughly $270 billion a year

Employers spent more on wellness programs in 2010, but many failed to effectively measure how well those programs worked.

By lowering co-payments on prescription drug co-payments and promoting disease management companies can cut health care costs, finds a three-year study commissioned by the Florida Health Care Coalition.

After correcting employer-imposed job tenure requirements, only 58 percent - or 44 million - of U.S. private-sector employees were provided paid sick days in 2010, according to new research from the Institute for Women's Policy Research.