Measuring the full economic costs of diet, physical activity and obesity-related chronic diseases

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 271-293

  Popkin, B M ^a,f   Kim, S ^b   Rusev, E R ^c   Du, S ^d   Zizza, C ^e  

^a IL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

^e AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f University of North Carolina   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic costs; Obesity; Obesity related diets and activity patterns

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; DISABILITY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FAT INTAKE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIVER DISEASE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL CARE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OBESITY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRODUCTIVITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ABSENTEEISM; ABSIDIA; CHINA; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; DIET; DISABLED PERSONS; EXERCISE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY;

EID: 33746133962     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2006.00230.x     Document Type: Review

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