The Lifetime Medical Cost Burden of Overweight and Obesity: Implications for Obesity Prevention

This study quantifies age‐specific and lifetime costs for overweight (BMI: 25–29.9), obese I (BMI: 30–34.9), and obese II/III (BMI: >35) adults separately by race/gender strata. We use these results to demonstrate why private sector firms are likely to underinvest in obesity prevention efforts. N...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) Md.), 2008-08, Vol.16 (8), p.1843-1848
Hauptverfasser:	Finkelstein, Eric A., Trogdon, Justin G., Brown, Derek S., Allaire, Benjamin T., Dellea, Pam S., Kamal‐Bahl, Sachin J.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Adults Age Black or African American Black People Cost estimates Cross-Sectional Studies Disease prevention Ethnicity Female Gender Health Care Costs - statistics & numerical data Health Care Costs - trends Health care expenditures Health Promotion - economics Humans Insurance, Health - economics Life expectancy Male Medicare Medicare - economics Middle Aged Obesity Obesity - economics Obesity - ethnology Obesity - prevention & control Overweight Overweight - economics Overweight - ethnology Overweight - prevention & control Private Sector Sex Characteristics United States White People
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