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Productivity loss due to overweight and obesity: a systematic review of indirect costs

Overview of attention for article published in BMJ Open, October 2017
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Title
Productivity loss due to overweight and obesity: a systematic review of indirect costs
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BMJ Open, October 2017
DOI 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-014632
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Andrea Goettler, Anna Grosse, Diana Sonntag

Abstract

The increasingly high levels of overweight and obesity among the workforce are accompanied by a hidden cost burden due to losses in productivity. This study reviews the extent of indirect cost of overweight and obesity. A systematic search was conducted in eight electronic databases (PubMed, Cochrane Library, Web of Science Core Collection, PsychInfo, Cinahl, EconLit and ClinicalTrial.gov). Additional studies were added from reference lists of original studies and reviews. Studies were eligible if they were published between January 2000 and June 2017 and included monetary estimates of indirect costs of overweight and obesity. The authors reviewed studies independently and assessed their quality. Of the 3626 search results, 50 studies met the inclusion criteria. A narrative synthesis of the reviewed studies revealed substantial costs due to lost productivity among workers with obesity. Especially absenteeism and presenteeism contribute to high indirect costs. However, the methodologies and results vary greatly, especially regarding the cost of overweight, which was even associated with lower indirect costs than normal weight in three studies. The evidence predominantly confirms substantial short-term and long-term indirect costs of overweight and obesity in the absence of effective customised prevention programmes and thus demonstrates the extent of the burden of obesity beyond the healthcare sector.

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Unknown 401 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 62 15%
Student > Bachelor 61 15%
Researcher 26 6%
Student > Ph. D. Student 24 6%
Student > Doctoral Student 18 4%
Other 66 16%
Unknown 144 36%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 61 15%
Nursing and Health Professions 50 12%
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 20 5%
Social Sciences 15 4%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 12 3%
Other 84 21%
Unknown 159 40%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 151. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 11 December 2023.
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#271,157
of 25,382,440 outputs
Outputs from BMJ Open
#461
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#5,751
of 330,919 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMJ Open
#12
of 692 outputs
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