How big of a problem is obesity?

Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2014 Jul-Aug;10(4):569-70. doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2014.02.028. Epub 2014 Mar 1.

Author

Eric A Finkelstein¹

Affiliation

¹ Health Services and Systems Research Program, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore, and Duke University Global Health Institute, Durham, North Carolina. Electronic address: eric.finkelstein@duke-nus.edu.sg.

PMID: 24958649
DOI: 10.1016/j.soard.2014.02.028

No abstract available

Keywords: Burden; Cost; Economics; Obesity.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Body Mass Index
Cost of Illness*
Female
Health Care Costs*
Health Expenditures*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Obesity / complications*
Obesity / economics
Obesity / epidemiology*
Prevalence
United States / epidemiology
Young Adult