Spending On Diet-Related Chronic Health Conditions Averaged $334 Billion Per Year In 2021 & 2022

An average of $334 billion per year was spent across all payers to treat key diet-related conditions, such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and breast and colon cancers, among American adults aged 18 years and older in 2021 and 2022. The estimate is based on an analysis of data reported to the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Household Component (MEPS-HC). Over the two-year analysis period, annual expenditures to treat cardiovascular disease averaged $166 billion, annual expenditures to treat diabetes averaged $151 billion, and annual expenditures to treat breast and colorectal cancer averaged $24 billion.

Medicare covered about half of . . .