The case for action on socioeconomic differences in overweight and obesity among Australian adults: modelling the disease burden and healthcare costs

Abstract Objective: We aimed to quantify the extent to which socioeconomic differences in body mass index (BMI) drive avoidable deaths, incident disease cases and healthcare costs. Methods: We used population attributable fractions to quantify the annual burden of disease attributable to socioeconom...

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Main Authors: Emma Gearon, Kathryn Backholer, Anita Lal, Wilma Nusselder, Anna Peeters
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2020-04-01
Series:Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.12970