A comprehensive descriptive assessment of obesity related chronic morbidity and estimated annual cost burden from a population-based electronic health record database

• Главные авторы: Orna Reges (Автор), Morton Leibowitz (Автор), Avital Hirsch (Автор), Dror Dicker (Автор), Nick Finer (Автор), Christiane Lundegaard Haase (Автор), Altynai Satylganova (Автор), Maya Leventer-Roberts (Автор), Becca Feldman (Автор)
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• Опубликовано: BMC, 2020-06-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background The growing prevalence of obesity and its complications pose a huge burden on the individual and health care systems worldwide. This study presents the frequency of multiple prevalent co-morbidities and estimated annual cost burden by body mass index (BMI) groups, age, and sex am...