Association of body mass index with health care expenditures in the United States by age and sex.

Association of body mass index with health care expenditures in the United States by age and sex.

<h4>Background</h4>Estimates of health care costs associated with excess weight are needed to inform the development of cost-effective obesity prevention efforts. However, commonly used cost estimates are not sensitive to changes in weight across the entire body mass index (BMI) distribu...

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Main Authors: Zachary J Ward, Sara N Bleich, Michael W Long, Steven L Gortmaker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0247307&type=printable

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