Lifetime medical costs of obesity: prevention no cure for increasing health expenditure.
<h4>Background</h4>Obesity is a major cause of morbidity and mortality and is associated with high medical expenditures. It has been suggested that obesity prevention could result in cost savings. The objective of this study was to estimate the annual and lifetime medical costs attributa...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2008-02-01
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| Series: | PLoS Medicine |
| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/18254654/?tool=EBI |