Estimating the benefits of obesity prevention on productivity: an Australian perspective

• Published in: International Journal of Obesity Vol. 46; no. 8; pp. 1463 - 1469
• Main Authors: Menon, Kirthi, de Courten, Barbora, Ademi, Zanfina, Owen, Alice J., Liew, Danny, Zomer, Ella
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.08.2022; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 692/700/459/1748; 692/700/478/174; Body weight; Costs; Epidemiology; Health care; Health Promotion and Disease Prevention; Internal Medicine; Life tables; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Metabolic Diseases; Obesity; Overweight; Prevention; Productivity; Public Health; Tables (data)

Background/objectives Obesity poses one of the biggest public health challenges globally. In addition to the high costs of obesity to the healthcare system, obesity also impacts work productivity. We aimed to estimate the benefits of preventing obesity in terms of years of life, productivity-adjuste...