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| Title |
The lifetime costs of overweight and obesity in childhood and adolescence: a systematic review
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| Published in |
Obesity Reviews, December 2017
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| DOI | 10.1111/obr.12649 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
D. Hamilton, A. Dee, I. J. Perry |
| Abstract |
Research into lifetime costs of obesity in childhood is growing. This review synthesizes that knowledge. A computerized search of the international literature since 2000 was conducted. Mean total lifetime healthcare and productivity costs were estimated and inflated to 2014 Irish euros. This resulted in 13 published articles. The methodology used in these studies varied widely, and only one study estimated both healthcare and productivity costs. Cognizant of this heterogeneity, the mean total lifetime cost of a child or adolescent with obesity was €149,206 (range, €129,410 to €178,933) for a boy and €148,196 (range, €136,576 to €173,842) for a girl. This was divided into an average of €16,229 (range, €6,580 to €35,810) in healthcare costs and €132,977 (range, €122,830 to €143,123) in productivity losses for boys and €19,636 (range, €8,016 to €45,283) and €128,560, respectively, for girls. Income penalty accounted for the greater part of productivity costs, amounting to €97,118 (range, €86,971 to €107,264) per male adolescent with obesity and €126,108 per female adolescent. Healthcare costs and income penalty appear greater in girls while costs because of workdays lost seem greater in boys. There is proportionality between body mass index and costs. Productivity costs are greater than healthcare costs. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 132 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 29 | 22% |
| United Kingdom | 11 | 8% |
| United States | 9 | 7% |
| New Zealand | 6 | 5% |
| Australia | 6 | 5% |
| Norway | 3 | 2% |
| Switzerland | 2 | 2% |
| Ireland | 2 | 2% |
| Netherlands | 2 | 2% |
| Other | 10 | 8% |
| Unknown | 52 | 39% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 84 | 64% |
| Scientists | 25 | 19% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 21 | 16% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 2 | 2% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 210 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 210 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 30 | 14% |
| Student > Master | 29 | 14% |
| Researcher | 20 | 10% |
| Student > Bachelor | 19 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 14 | 7% |
| Other | 33 | 16% |
| Unknown | 65 | 31% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 39 | 19% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 32 | 15% |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 10 | 5% |
| Psychology | 9 | 4% |
| Social Sciences | 8 | 4% |
| Other | 34 | 16% |
| Unknown | 78 | 37% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 95. 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 09 January 2024.
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#5
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