The Burden of Obesity in Egypt

• Main Authors: Mohamed Aboulghate (Author), Aliaa Elaghoury (Author), Ibrahim Elebrashy (Author), Nabil Elkafrawy (Author), Galal Elshishiney (Author), Ehab Abul-Magd (Author), Engy Bassiouny (Author), Dalia Toaima (Author), Baher Elezbawy (Author), Ahmad Fasseeh (Author), Sherif Abaza (Author), Zoltán Vokó (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2021-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective: Estimating the burden of obesity to society is an essential step in setting priorities and raising awareness. We aimed to assess the clinical, humanistic and economic burden of obesity for adults in Egypt.Methods: We used the population attributable fraction concept to estimate the burden...