Economic perspectives on pediatric obesity: Impact on health care expenditures and cost-effectiveness of preventive interventions

Nestle Nutrition Workshop Series: Pediatric Program

Volumn 66, Issue , 2010, Pages 111-124

  John, Jürgen ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; EXERCISE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MASS COMMUNICATION; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION SCIENCES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; EXERCISE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; OBESITY;

EID: 77955906275     PISSN: 16616677     EISSN: 16623878     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1159/000318952     Document Type: Conference Paper

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3. Sachdev HP, Osmond C, Fall CH, et al: Predicting adult metabolic syndrome from childhood body mass index: follow-up of the New Delhi birth cohort. Arch Dis Child 2009;94:768-774.