Economic Impact of Obesity

Primary Care - Clinics in Office Practice

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 83-95

  Spieker, Elena A ^a,b   Pyzocha, Natasha ^a  

^a MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Burden; Cost; Economic cost; Economic impact; Obesity; Prevention; Primary care; United States

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; BEVERAGE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICARE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PASSIVE SMOKING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; WORK ENVIRONMENT; ADVERTISING; AGE; COST OF ILLNESS; DIET; ECONOMICS; FOOD PACKAGING; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; TAX; UNITED STATES;

ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; AGE FACTORS; COMORBIDITY; COST OF ILLNESS; DIET; FOOD LABELING; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; OBESITY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; TAXES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84958106323     PISSN: 00954543     EISSN: 1558299X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pop.2015.08.013     Document Type: Review

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