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

• Main Authors: Orna Reges (Author), Morton Leibowitz (Author), Avital Hirsch (Author), Dror Dicker (Author), Nick Finer (Author), Christiane Lundegaard Haase (Author), Altynai Satylganova (Author), Maya Leventer-Roberts (Author), Becca Feldman (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...