Nutrition benefits that pay for themselves
Give your team access to registered dietitians for the diet-related conditions that drive healthcare costs and lost productivity. Most visits are covered by insurance, so you can offer expert nutrition care at little to no added cost.
The cost of doing nothing
Estimate your return
Drag the sliders to match your workforce. Every figure below is your input multiplied by published research ratios, not a ONE Nutrition projection.
Headcount you would offer the benefit to.
What you would budget per employee for the nutrition benefit.
Use your own absence data. The default is a placeholder, not a benchmark.
Money you could save
$187,500
Estimated net annual return on a $37,500 program, at $6.00 returned per $1 invested.
Sources: 4
Productivity you could recover
$823K
Health-related lost productivity carried by 250 employees per year, at about $3,292 each.
Employees with unhealthy diets were 66% more likely to report lost productivity, and 93% more likely if they rarely eat fruit and vegetables.
Sources: 3, 5, 8
Fewer call-outs
500–600 days
Absence days your team could avoid each year, from the 25–30% sickness-absence reduction reported for workplace wellness programs within four years.
Sources: 6
Morale and retention
61% vs 36%
Workers who report being happy at their company, with and without a wellness program. 88% say wellbeing at work matters as much as their paycheck.
Survey figures for wellness programs generally. We have not found a published turnover reduction specific to nutrition benefits, so we do not quote one.
Sources: 7
These are illustrative estimates built from your inputs and the cited studies. They are not a quote, a guarantee, or a projection of results for your company.
The business case for nutrition
A decade of research points the same direction: better nutrition means fewer sick days, lower costs, and stronger teams.
Reduce disease
- Obesity, heart disease, and type 2 diabetes are largely diet-driven and account for the bulk of a $16 trillion nutrition-related disease burden in the U.S. (2011–2020).
- 90% of U.S. health care spending is tied to chronic and mental-health conditions — most of them influenced by diet.
Sources: 1, 2
Lower employer cost
- Health-related lost productivity costs U.S. employers about $530 billion a year.
- Poor nutrition alone drove roughly $296 billion in employer productivity losses over 2011–2020.
Sources: 3, 1
Increase productivity
- Employees with unhealthy diets were 66% more likely to report lost productivity; those who rarely eat fruits and vegetables were 93% more likely (study of 19,803 employees).
- Systematic reviews find workplace nutrition programs improve work performance and reduce absenteeism and presenteeism.
Sources: 5, 6
Lower turnover
- In a 2024 survey, 88% of workers said wellbeing at work matters as much as their paycheck, and those with a wellness program were far likelier to report being happy at their company (61% vs. 36%).
- Workplace wellness programs have been associated with 25–30% reductions in sickness absence within four years.
Sources: 7, 6
How it works
Tell us about your team
Share your company size, locations, and goals so we can tailor the benefit.
We design the benefit
ONE builds a nutrition offering that fits your workforce and existing coverage.
Employees book covered visits
Your team meets with registered dietitians, virtually or in person, in-network with their insurance.
References
- 1.American Action Forum, “The Economic Costs of Poor Nutrition” (2022): nutrition-related chronic disease cost the U.S. $16 trillion in 2011–2020 (~9% of GDP) and ~$296B in employer productivity losses.
- 2.U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Chronic Disease Fast Facts: 90% of the nation’s health care spending is for people with chronic and mental health conditions.
- 3.Integrated Benefits Institute (2018): poor health costs U.S. employers roughly $530 billion a year in lost productivity.
- 4.Baicker, Cutler & Song, Health Affairs (2010): medical costs fell about $3.27 and absenteeism costs about $2.73 for every $1 spent on workplace wellness. (Foundational estimate; more recent reviews report a range of returns.)
- 5.Merrill et al., Population Health Management (2012): survey of 19,803 employees linking poor diet to higher productivity loss (66% and 93% figures).
- 6.Peer-reviewed systematic reviews of workplace nutrition interventions (PMC): improvements in productivity and absenteeism, with reported sickness-absence reductions of 25–30% within four years.
- 7.Wellhub, 2024 State of Work-Life Wellness report: employee attitudes on wellbeing, benefits, and happiness at work.
- 8.U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Situation: about 161 million employed workers, used to express the $530B lost-productivity figure on a per-employee basis.
Figures are drawn from published research and industry reports and are provided for general information. Results vary by program design and workforce; outcomes for any specific employer are not guaranteed.