ReviewInternational journal of environmental research and public health2014
Economics of obesity--learning from the past to contribute to a better future.
Review in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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18 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Systematic review on community-based interventions targeting prevention of overweight and obesity in children and adolescents.Frontiers in public health · 2025Pooled it
- A Systematic Review of Economic Evaluations of Health-Promoting Food Retail-Based Interventions.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- A Systematic Review of Methods, Study Quality, and Results of Economic Evaluation for Childhood and Adolescent Obesity Intervention.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Pooled it
- Avoidable deaths through the primary prevention, early detection, and curative treatment of cancer worldwide: a population-based study.The Lancet. Global health · 2026Article
- Implementation of Obesity Science Into Clinical Practice: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association.Circulation · 2024Review
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- Objectively measured waist circumference is most strongly associated in father-boy and mother-girl dyads in a large nationally representative sample of New Zealanders.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2021Article
- Toward targeted prevention: risk factors for prediabetes defined by impaired fasting glucose, impaired glucose tolerance and increased HbA1c in the population-based KORA study from Germany.Acta diabetologica · 2020Observational
- A Comparison of Maternal Health Status and Weight-Related Cognitions, Behaviors, and Home Environments by Race/Ethnicity.Nutrients · 2020Article
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- Protocol for a systematic review of methods and cost-effectiveness findings of economic evaluations of obesity prevention and/or treatment interventions in children and adolescents.Systematic reviews · 2018Article
- The Correlation between Body Mass Index and Routine Parameters in Men Over Fifty.The world journal of men's health · 2017Article
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- Obesity-related health impacts of fuel excise taxation- an evidence review and cost-effectiveness study.BMC public health · 2017Article
- Placental Nutrient Transport in Gestational Diabetic Pregnancies.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2017Review
- Addressing obesity in the management of knee and hip osteoarthritis - weighing in from an economic perspective.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2016Review
- Homeostatic theory of obesity.Health psychology open · 2015Article
- Prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and adolescents from the age range of 2 to 19 years old in Brazil.International journal of pediatrics · 2014Review
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Abstract
The discipline of economics plays a varied role in informing the understanding of the problem of obesity and the impact of different interventions aimed at addressing it. This paper discusses the causes of the obesity epidemic from an economics perspective, and outlines various justifications for government intervention in this area. The paper then focuses on the potential contribution of health economics in supporting resource allocation decision making for obesity prevention/treatment. Although economic evaluations of single interventions provide useful information, evaluations undertaken as part of a priority setting exercise provide the greatest scope for influencing decision making. A review of several priority setting examples in obesity prevention/treatment indicates that policy (as compared with program-based) interventions, targeted at prevention (as compared with treatment) and focused "upstream" on the food environment, are likely to be the most cost-effective options for change. However, in order to further support decision makers, several methodological advances are required. These include the incorporation of intervention costs/benefits outside the health sector, the addressing of equity impacts, and the increased engagement of decision makers in the priority setting process.
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