Investigators need more data regarding eating habits, food expenditures, and infrastructure impacts of obesity, not only to combat the growing epidemic, but to better estimate the impact of the increasing obesity trend on our future spending.Watkins, Angela...
impact of the tax May still be worth doing but… Are there better alternatives? Targeted Taxes and/or Subsidies (cont.) 17 Targeted Taxes and/or Subsidies (cont.) Are there better alternatives? Largely depends on the objective If the goal is to reduce obesity then this may be a very ...
6 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey data have been used to characterize the costs of conditions including obesity,7 musculoskeletal conditions,8 behavioral disorders in children,9 and diabetes.10 In this article, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey data are used to estimate the economic impact of visual ...
Obesity and its complications are associated with high morbidity/mortality and a significant healthcare cost burden in Spain. It is therefore essential to
Of these, 23 reported general costs and HCRU associated with obesity and 37 reported the impact of ORCs, including cardiovascular comorbidities (n=10; venous thromboembolism, atrial fibrillation, infective endocarditis, and acute myocardial infarction), diabetes-related comorbidities (n=7), stroke (n...
DM is considered as the most widespread chronic disease of the world, and the figure of diabetic population is mounting worldwide along with a raise in population, aging, urbanization, and pollution. Increase in the occurrence of obesity and reduced physical activity are also responsible for such...
With each country, there are different stages of development, but in the western world (America), the socioeconomic slopes with “respect to obesity are both heterogeneous and in transition” (Rosengren et al., & Korbonits (2008). The impact upon the obese has resulted in the stigmatization ...
Impact of Changes in the Food, Built, and Socioeconomic Environment on BMI in US Counties, BRFSS 2003-2012Researchers have linked geographic disparities in obesity to community-level characteristics, yet many prior observational studies have ignored temporality and potential for bias.Repeated cross-...
Likewise, as secondary data were used, care needs or the severity of the diseases could not be included for the analyses. Unequal weights regarding the type and severity of the conditions are warranted to assess the impact of multimorbidity in the population40. Considering the above, this paper...
This paper uses the severe economic crisis in Turkey in 2008-2009 as a quasi-experiment to evaluate the impact of worsening economic conditions during preg