increase in overweight people and obesity. The latest available data indicated that over 40.9% of adults in the region are … overweight compared to 34.6% in 1993. It is well documented that obesity and overweight are one of the main risk factors of non … caused by the obesity endemic for the region. This paper fills this gap by providing a first cost estimate for 42 Asia and …

-being due to overweight and obesity. Results The intangible costs of overweight and obesity in 2018 amount to 42,450 and 13 …Background Previous literature documents the direct and indirect economic costs of obesity, yet none has attempted to … quantify the intangible costs of obesity. This study focuses on quantifying the intangible costs of one unit body mass index …

Upon arrival in a host country, immigrants often have lower obesity rates (as measured for instance by BMI-body mass … index) than their native counterparts do, but these rates converge over time. In light of the worldwide obesity epidemic and … the flow of immigrants into host countries with higher obesity rates, it is important to understand the consequences of …

Increasing prevalence of obesity is a pressing public health issue in the Czech Republic as well as world …. Given that obesity is a chronic disease which is associated with several serious comorbidities, it generates large social … costs. The main aim of this study was to estimate both direct and indirect costs of obesity in the Czech Republic. Social …