Bending the obesity cost curve: reducing obesity rates by five percent could lead to more than $29 billion in health care savings in five years

Bending the obesity cost curve: reducing obesity rates by five percent could lead to more than $29 billion in health care savings in five years

Collection:
Health Policy and Services Research
Series Title(s):
Issue brief (Trust for America's Health)
Author(s):
Levi, Jeffrey, author
Segal, Laura M., author
Salay, Rebecca, author
Contributor(s):
Trust for America's Health, issuing body.
Publication:
Washington, DC : Trust for America's Health, January 2012
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Community Networks -- economics
Cost of Illness
Cost Savings -- statistics & numerical data
Health Care Costs -- statistics & numerical data
Obesity -- epidemiology
Obesity -- prevention & control
Preventive Health Services -- economics
United States
United States.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
Genre(s):
Technical Report
Copyright:
Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
Extent:
1 online resource (1 PDF file (14 pages))
Illustrations:
Illustrations
NLM Unique ID:
101587049 (See catalog record)
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101587049