Estimating the healthcare costs of overweight and obesity amongst Australian children.

Winnie Chen, Anagha Killedar, Mohammad Nure Alam, Kirsten Howard, Louise A Baur, Alison Hayes

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Article in Internal medicine journal, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Winnie ChenLeeder Centre for Health Policy, Economics and Data, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3473-3080

Anagha KilledarLeeder Centre for Health Policy, Economics and Data, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2363-8827

Mohammad Nure AlamSydney School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Kirsten HowardLeeder Centre for Health Policy, Economics and Data, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Louise A BaurSydney School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4521-9482

Alison HayesSydney School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Funding

National Health and Medical Research Council GNT2006999National Health and Medical Research Council GNT2009035National Health and Medical Research Council GNT2011342National Health and Medical Research Council GNT2034414

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study aimed to describe healthcare utilisation and costs associated with excess weight amongst Australian children (mean age 11 years). We analysed self-reported data from the Child Health CheckPoint study. From a healthcare provider perspective, children with overweight and obesity incurred annual excess costs of AUD +$140 and +$379 (+$117 and $328 adjusted) respectively compared to those in the healthy weight category. These findings suggest obesity is a significant driver of healthcare costs in children and support the economic argument for reducing childhood obesity.

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Health Care CostsOverweightPediatric ObesityAdolescentAustraliaChildFemaleHumansMaleAustraliachildhood obesityhealthcare costshealth economicspaediatric obesity

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PMID42085707

DOI10.1111/imj.70432

PMCPMC13288316

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