Obesity is a major public health issue, significantly affecting national and individual health and economic well-being. This study quantifies the economic impact of excess body weight on employers and employees in 2023, offering insights for obesity prevention and treatment.We utilized data from the...
The economic impact of obesity is set to make up 3.6%, on average, of a nation's Gross Domestic Product (GDP)—the total value of annual goods and services—by 2060, if current trends continue, finds an 8-country modeling study, published in the open access journalBMJ Global Health. The...
Intheabsenceofoverweightandobesity,healthinsurance expenditureswouldbe9%lower Medicareexpenditureswouldbe11%lower Thegovernmentfinanceshalfofthetotalannualmedicalcosts attributabletoobesity,ormorethan$45billionperyear Theaveragetaxpayerspends$175peryeartofinanceobesity- ...
In addition to their negative effects on health and quality of life, obesity and associated comorbidities may have a considerable impact on healthcare expenditures. The aim of this systematic review was to summarise cost estimates and compare costs attributable to obesity across different European ...
We examined the public health impact of the socioeconomic status (SES) gradient on adolescents' physical and mental health. Population attributable risk (P... E Goodman,GB Slap,B Huang - 《American Journal of Public Health》 被引量: 466发表: 2003年 The Impact of Obesity on Health Service ...
Grant Knowles, PharmD, vice president, Business Development, Ardon Health, discusses the potential impact biosimilars will have in health care. Knowles: I think any time you introduce competition into an environment, there's a lot of opportunities for economic gains--they can be positive, they ...
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 ...
The medical care costs of obesity: an instrumental variables approach. This paper is the first to use the method of instrumental variables (IV) to estimate the impact of obesity on medical costs in order to address the endogen... J Cawley,C Meyerhoefer - 《Journal of Health Economics》 被...
Higher prices for fresh fruits and vegetables and non-alcoholic drinks increase likelihood of obesity for females but not for males; and a higher price for processed fruits and vegetables reduce likelihood of obesity for females but not for males. A larger BMI at age 25 has wage effects later...
Impact of sex hormone-binding globulin on the human phenome. Hum Mol Genet. 2020;29(11):1824–32. Article CAS PubMed PubMed Central Google Scholar Wu F, Huang Y, Hu J, Shao Z. Mendelian randomization study of inflammatory bowel disease and bone mineral density. BMC Med. 2020;18(1):...