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

Abstract Objective: To estimate the costs of health care and lost productivity attributable to overweight and obesity in New Zealand (NZ) in 2006. Methods: A prevalence‐based approach to costing was used in which costs were calculated for all cases of disease in the year 2006. Population attributabl...

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Main Authors: Anita Lal, Marj Moodie, Toni Ashton, Mohammad Siahpush, Boyd Swinburn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2012-12-01
Series:Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1753-6405.2012.00931.x