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ArticleBMC public health2020

A health inequality impact assessment from reduction in overweight and obesity.

Anne Mette Bender, Jan Sørensen, Finn Diderichsen, Henrik Brønnum-Hansen

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Article in BMC public health, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Anne Mette BenderDepartment of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Health Sciences, Section of Social Medicine, CSS, Øster Farimagsgade 5, Postbox 2099, DK-1014, Copenhagen K, Denmark. ambe@sund.ku.dk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0182-7718
Jan SørensenDanish Centre for Health Economics (DaCHE), University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.
Finn DiderichsenDepartment of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Health Sciences, Section of Social Medicine, CSS, Øster Farimagsgade 5, Postbox 2099, DK-1014, Copenhagen K, Denmark.
Henrik Brønnum-HansenDepartment of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Health Sciences, Section of Social Medicine, CSS, Øster Farimagsgade 5, Postbox 2099, DK-1014, Copenhagen K, Denmark.
University of Copenhagen · DKRoyal College of Surgeons in Ireland · IE

Funding

The Danish Council for Independent Research, Medical Sciences DFF - 1331-00230A
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundIn recent years, social differences in overweight and obesity (OWOB) have become more pronounced. Health impact assessments provide population-level scenario evaluations of changes in disease prevalence and risk factors. The objective of this study was to simulate the health effects of reducing the prevalence of overweight and obesity in populations with short and medium education.

methodsThe DYNAMO-HIA tool was used to conduct a health inequality impact assessment of the future reduced disease prevalence (ischemic heart disease (IHD), diabetes, stroke, and multi-morbidity) and changes in life expectancy for the 2040-population of Copenhagen, Denmark (n = 742,130). We simulated an equalized weight scenario where the prevalence of OWOB in the population with short and medium education was reduced to the levels of the population with long education.

resultsA higher proportion of the population with short and medium education were OWOB relative to the population with long education. They also had a higher prevalence of cardiometabolic diseases. In the equalized weight scenario, the prevalence of diabetes in the population with short education was reduced by 8-10% for men and 12-13% for women. Life expectancy increased by one year among women with short education. Only small changes in prevalence and life expectancy related to stroke and IHD were observed.

conclusionReducing the prevalence of OWOB in populations with short and medium education will reduce the future prevalence of cardiometabolic diseases, increase life expectancy, and reduce the social inequality in health. These simulations serve as reference points for public health debates.

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Educational StatusHealth Impact AssessmentHealth Status DisparitiesAdultDenmarkFemaleHumansLife ExpectancyMaleMetabolic SyndromeMiddle AgedObesityOverweightPrevalenceRisk FactorsSocial Determinants of HealthDiabetesEducationHealth impact assessmentIHDLife expectancyMulti-morbidityObesityOverweightSocial inequalityStroke

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PMID33256647
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