Open AccessEffects of weight gain on medical care costs
Author(s) -
P J Elmer,
Jonathan B. Brown,
Gregory A. Nichols,
Gerry Oster
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
international journal of obesity
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.663
H-Index - 225
eISSN - 1476-5497
pISSN - 0307-0565
DOI - 10.1038/sj.ijo.0802774
Subject(s) - medicine , overweight , weight gain , body mass index , obesity , weight loss , multivariate analysis , demography , cohort , population , cohort study , weight change , medical costs , medical care , retrospective cohort study , health care , gerontology , physical therapy , body weight , emergency medicine , environmental health , economics , economic growth , sociology
To examine in middle-aged adults the effect of medical care costs of large, rapid weight gain compared to weight maintenance.
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