The economic burden of obesity worldwide: A systematic review of the direct costs of obesity

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 131-141

  Withrow, D ^a   Alter, D A ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cost of illness; Healthcare burden; Obesity; Overweight

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST CANCER; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; FOLLOW UP; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; STROKE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

COST OF ILLNESS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; OBESITY;

EID: 78851468865     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2009.00712.x     Document Type: Review

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