Juvenile obesity and its association with utilisation and costs of pharmaceuticals - results from the KiGGS study

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>According to a national reference, 15% of German children and adolescents are overweight (including obese) and 6.3% are obese. An earlier study analysed the impact of childhood overweight and obesity on different components of direct...

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Main Authors: Wenig Christina M, Knopf Hildtraud, Menn Petra
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-12-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6963/11/340