Lifetime Medical Costs of Obesity: Prevention No Cure for Increasing Health Expenditure

BACKGROUND: Obesity is a major cause of morbidity and mortality and is associated with high medical expenditures. It has been suggested that obesity prevention could result in cost savings. The objective of this study was to estimate the annual and lifetime medical costs attributable to obesity, to...

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Autores principales: van Baal, Pieter H. M, Polder, Johan J, de Wit, G. Ardine, Hoogenveen, Rudolf T, Feenstra, Talitha L, Boshuizen, Hendriek C, Engelfriet, Peter M, Brouwer, Werner B. F
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2008
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2225430/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18254654
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0050029

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2225430/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18254654
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0050029

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