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

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 often based on...

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Published in:	PloS one Vol. 16; no. 3; p. e0247307
Main Authors:	Ward, Zachary J., Bleich, Sara N., Long, Michael W., Gortmaker, Steven L.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Public Library of Science 24.03.2021 Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subjects:	Adolescent Adult Adults Age Aged Aged, 80 and over Bias Biology and Life Sciences Body mass Body Mass Index Body size Body weight Care and treatment Child Children Confidence intervals Continuity (mathematics) Cost estimates Databases, Factual Datasets Delivery of Health Care - economics Delivery of Health Care - trends Drafting software Editing Expenditures Female Government programs Graduate schools Graduate studies Health Care Costs - statistics & numerical data Health Care Costs - trends Health care expenditures Health care policy Health Expenditures - statistics & numerical data Health policy Health Status Humans Male Medical care, Cost of Medicine and Health Sciences Middle Aged Minority & ethnic groups Nutrition Surveys Obesity Obesity - economics Obesity, Morbid - economics Overweight Pediatrics People and Places Population Poverty Public health Reviews Sex Social Sciences Statistics United States - epidemiology Variables United States United States > US
ISSN:	1932-6203, 1932-6203
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