ArticleHealth services research2018
The Impact of Childhood Obesity on Health and Health Service Use.
Article in Health services research, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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- Healthcare utilisation across five years among adolescents following metabolic-bariatric surgery; a prospective observational study.Lancet regional health. Americas · 2026Article
- Association between adolescent obesity and early adulthood healthcare utilization-a two-cohort prospective study.BMC medicine · 2025Article
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- High Tg/HDL-Cholesterol Ratio Highlights a Higher Risk of Metabolic Syndrome in Children and Adolescents with Severe Obesity.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Body mass index and healthcare costs: using genetic variants from the HUNT study as instrumental variables.BMC health services research · 2022Article
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- Mendelian Randomization analysis of the causal effect of adiposity on hospital costs.Journal of health economics · 2020Article
- Long-term effects of adolescent obesity: time to act.Nature reviews. Endocrinology · 2018Review
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Abstract
objectiveTo test the impact of obesity on health and health care use in children, by the use of various methods to account for reverse causality and omitted variables. DATA SOURCES/STUDY
settingFifteen rounds of the Health Survey for England (1998-2013), which is representative of children and adolescents in England. STUDY
designWe use three methods to account for reverse causality and omitted variables in the relationship between BMI and health/health service use: regression with individual, parent, and household control variables; sibling fixed effects; and instrumental variables based on genetic variation in weight. DATA COLLECTION/EXTRACTION
methodsWe include all children and adolescents aged 4-18 years old. PRINCIPAL
findingsWe find that obesity has a statistically significant and negative impact on self-rated health and a positive impact on health service use in girls, boys, younger children (aged 4-12), and adolescents (aged 13-18). The findings are comparable in each model in both boys and girls.
conclusionsUsing econometric methods, we have mitigated several confounding factors affecting the impact of obesity in childhood on health and health service use. Our findings suggest that obesity has severe consequences for health and health service use even among children.
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