Title |
Economic costs of overweight and obesity
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Published in |
Best Practice & Research Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, February 2013
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DOI | 10.1016/j.beem.2013.01.002 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Thomas Lehnert, Diana Sonntag, Alexander Konnopka, Steffi Riedel-Heller, Hans-Helmut König |
Abstract |
Obesity has substantially increased in recent decades and is now one of the major global health problems. The large obesity-related health burden negatively impacts many relevant health outcomes (e.g. quality of life, disability, mortality) and leads to increased healthcare utilization. This excess service use is the main driver behind high healthcare costs of obese individuals. Findings indicate that costs rise curvilinearly with increasing body mass index, especially among the obese. As more individuals of a country's population become obese, a larger share of total annual national healthcare expenditure is spent on obesity and obesity-related health problems. In addition to escalating healthcare costs, obesity goes along with indirect costs through decreases in workforce productivity. The empirical evidence has shown beyond doubt that obesity negatively impacts individuals, healthcare systems, employers, and the economy as a whole. This article provides a brief overview of selected economic consequences associated with excess-weight. |
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Unknown | 1 | 100% |
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Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
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United Kingdom | 3 | <1% |
Chile | 3 | <1% |
United States | 2 | <1% |
Australia | 1 | <1% |
Brazil | 1 | <1% |
Canada | 1 | <1% |
Indonesia | 1 | <1% |
Spain | 1 | <1% |
Peru | 1 | <1% |
Other | 0 | 0% |
Unknown | 495 | 97% |
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Student > Master | 96 | 19% |
Student > Bachelor | 76 | 15% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 67 | 13% |
Researcher | 49 | 10% |
Student > Postgraduate | 32 | 6% |
Other | 92 | 18% |
Unknown | 97 | 19% |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 102 | 20% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 68 | 13% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 42 | 8% |
Social Sciences | 37 | 7% |
Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 26 | 5% |
Other | 115 | 23% |
Unknown | 119 | 23% |