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Association of body mass index with health care expenditures in the United States by age and sex

BACKGROUND: Estimates of health care costs associated with excess weight are needed to inform the development of cost-effective obesity prevention efforts. However, commonly used cost estimates are not sensitive to changes in weight across the entire body mass index (BMI) distribution as they are of...

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Autores principales: Ward, Zachary J., Bleich, Sara N., Long, Michael W., Gortmaker, Steven L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7990296/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33760880
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0247307