Open AccessHealth Care Expenditures Associated With Overweight and Obesity Among US Adults: Importance of Age and Race
Author(s) -
Christina C. Wee,
Russell S. Phillips,
Anna Legedza,
Roger B. Davis,
Jane Soukup,
Graham A. Colditz,
Mary Beth Hamel
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2003.027946
Subject(s) - overweight , race (biology) , obesity , medicine , gerontology , demography , environmental health , body mass index , health care , political science , sociology , gender studies , law
We estimated health care expenditures associated with overweight and obesity and examined the influence of age, race, and gender.