Health economic burden of obesity – an international perspective
This chapter gives an overview of obesity's economic burden by taking an international perspective. It briefly illustrates the fundamentals of health economic concepts and their importance in the interpretation of economic analyses. It summarizes the current data comprehensively and presents them according to various geographical regions of the world. The findings are discussed in the last part of the chapter.
Keywords: obesity, overweight, economic burden, health economics, public health
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