The intangible costs of overweight and obesity in Germany

Abstract Background Previous literature documents the direct and indirect economic costs of obesity, yet none has attempted to quantify the intangible costs of obesity. This study focuses on quantifying the intangible costs of one unit body mass index (BMI) increase and being overweight and obese in...

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Main Authors: Fan Meng, Peng Nie, Alfonso Sousa-Poza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-02-01
Series:Health Economics Review
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13561-023-00426-x