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

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 550-556

  Lal, Anita ^a   Moodie, Marj ^a   Ashton, Toni ^b   Siahpush, Mohammad ^c   Swinburn, Boyd ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care costs; Lost productivity costs; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRODUCTIVITY; RISK; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EFFICIENCY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871786962     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2012.00931.x     Document Type: Article

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