Health care and lost productivity costs of overweight and obesity in New Zealand

• Autori principali: Anita Lal (Autore), Marj Moodie (Autore), Toni Ashton (Autore), Mohammad Siahpush (Autore), Boyd Swinburn (Autore)
• Natura: Libro
• Pubblicazione: Elsevier, 2012-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Soggetti: article
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Abstract Objective: To estimate the costs of health care and lost productivity attributable to overweight and obesity in New Zealand (NZ) in 2006. Methods: A prevalence‐based approach to costing was used in which costs were calculated for all cases of disease in the year 2006. Population attributabl...