U.S. school lunches cost about $17.7–$17.8 billion in federal funds each year; all child-nutrition programs total around $32 billion.

In the United States, NIH reported about $4.6 billion for women’s health research in FY2024, with added public and private commitments on top.

U.S. prostate cancer research draws about $259M (NCI 2023) plus $110M (DoD 2024), with PCF grants adding ~$34M in 2024.

Smoking drains about US$1.4 trillion worldwide each year and over US$600 billion in the U.S., counting medical bills and lost work time.

Skin care fads draw billions inside the wider skin care market, with trend items soaking up a slice of yearly beauty spend.

Global medicine spend lands near $1.6–$1.9 trillion a year on list prices; the U.S. share was $449.7 billion in 2023 for retail prescription drugs.

Obesity spending tops $173 billion a year in U.S. medical costs, while global losses run into trillions once productivity is counted.

U.S. spending on gender-affirming care is tiny—measured in the low hundreds of millions yearly, a sliver of total health costs.

There isn’t one global figure; U.S., California, and the EU publish separate totals for stem cell research and related programs.