Benefits Think COVID-19 highlights the costs of ignoring lifestyle-related diseases

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The COVID-19 pandemic has forced policymakers, employers and individuals to take swift and far-reaching action, as exponential infection rates caught our attention and demanded a response.

However, the sobering reality is that COVID-19 is the proverbial tip of the health burden iceberg. It is an accelerated cautionary tale of what is to come if we choose to ignore the slow-growing lifestyle-related diseases lurking and growing under the surface.

Tanya Little
Chief Growth Officer

Tanya Little is a health economist and chief growth officer at Vitality Group.


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