The economic impact of obesity in the United States.
The economic impact of obesity in the United States.
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DOI：
10.2147/dmsott.s7384
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发表时间：
2010-08-30
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Levine R
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作者：
Hammond RA;Levine R
在过去的几十年里，肥胖已经发展成为一种主要的全球流行病。在美国，超过三分之二的成年人超重，三分之一的人肥胖。在这篇文章中，我们提供了一个概述的研究状态可能的经济影响，美国肥胖流行病在国家一级。迄今为止的研究已经确定了与肥胖流行病相关的至少四大类经济影响：直接医疗成本，生产力成本，运输成本和人力资本成本。我们回顾了目前的证据，每一组成本依次，并确定未来研究的重要差距和未来肥胖的经济影响的潜在趋势。虽然需要对成本进行更全面的分析，但现有研究在所有四个类别中确定了肥胖的重大经济影响。潜在经济影响的程度强调了肥胖流行病作为政策重点和未来研究主题的重要性。
Over the past several decades, obesity has grown into a major global epidemic. In the United States (US), more than two-thirds of adults are now overweight and one-third is obese. In this article, we provide an overview of the state of research on the likely economic impact of the US obesity epidemic at the national level. Research to date has identified at least four major categories of economic impact linked with the obesity epidemic: direct medical costs, productivity costs, transportation costs, and human capital costs. We review current evidence on each set of costs in turn, and identify important gaps for future research and potential trends in future economic impacts of obesity. Although more comprehensive analysis of costs is needed, substantial economic impacts of obesity are identified in all four categories by existing research. The magnitude of potential economic impact underscores the importance of the obesity epidemic as a focus for policy and a topic for future research.