Current and future costs of obesity in Sweden

Emelie Andersson, Björn Eliasson and Katarina Steen Carlsson

Health Policy, 2022, vol. 126, issue 6, 558-564

Abstract: Obesity is a growing health issue. This study estimated the costs of obesity among people aged 25–84 years in Sweden using disease and non-disease specific attributable fractions from published data. A prognosis of costs of obesity in 2030 is presented.

Keywords: Obesity; Costs and cost analysis; Population attributable fraction; Global burden of disease; production loss (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2022.03.010

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