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- Inside Info. // People's Medical Society Newsletter;Jun2003, Vol. 22 Issue 3, p6
Presents information on the total medical costs of overweight and obesity and smokers in the U.S.
- Chapter 7: Weighing the Costs. Ford, Jean // Overloaded Body: Diseases & Disabilities Caused by Weight Proble;2005, p91
This article discusses medical costs incurred by overweight individuals. A study by researchers at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control estimates that U.S. obesity-attributable medical costs reached $75 billion in 2003 and taxpayers footed almost half these costs through Medicare and Medicaid....
- Why the attitude? McPHILOMY, ELIZABETH // JAAPA: Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants;Mar2009, Vol. 22 Issue 3, p45
The article presents the author's perspectives on the need for medical practitioners to exert more effort to help obese patients to lose weight in the U.S. She cited the direct costs associated with obesity on the national health expenditures of the country. She argues that reminding patients...
- Best Practices in Managing Obesity. Williams, Rich // Benefits & Compensation Digest;Dec2009, Vol. 46 Issue 12, p20
The article discusses the best practice for managing obesity. It explains the number of overweight or obese people in the U.S. as well as the difficulty of pinpointing the total costs of obesity to health insurance companies. The estimated medical spending for overweight and obese people in the...
- THE COSTS OF OBESITY AND IMPLICATIONS FOR POLICYMAKERS. Finkelstein, Eric A.; Strombotne, Kiersten L.; Popkin, Barry M. // Choices: The Magazine of Food, Farm & Resource Issues;2010 3rd Quarter, Vol. 25 Issue 3, p3
The article discusses the direct and indirect costs of obesity, and its implications on health expenditures incurred by the government and employers. The increase in the utilization of healthcare by obese individuals result in higher annual medical expenditures. In addition to increased medical...
- By The Numbers. // Modern Healthcare;7/31/2006, Vol. 36 Issue 30, p9
This article presents various statistical data on obesity in the U.S. including the obesity-related surgery costs when complications occur, the complication rate among nonelderly, obesity surgery patients with private insurance and the average total cost of obesity surgery.
- Obesity accounts for nearly 30 percent of health care spending increase since '87. Roszak, Dennis // H&HN: Hospitals & Health Networks;Dec2004, Vol. 78 Issue 12, p58
Reports that health care spending on obese U.S. citizens partially accounted for the growth in overall health care spending between 1987 and 2001, according to an analysis published on the Web site of the periodical "Health Affairs." Comparison between the costs incurred by obese people and by...
- Weighing the Cost. // American Fitness;Jul/Aug2003, Vol. 21 Issue 4, p46
Reprints the article 'Weighing the Cost,' concerning a research that examined the relationship between median medical costs and weight groups, such as overweight and obesity categories, in worksites in the U.S.
- Eating into profits. Leder, Michelle // Crain's New York Business;06/11/2001, Vol. 17 Issue 24, p3
Reports the efforts of Merrill Lynch's medical director, Dr. Donald Gemson to create an on-site obesity clinic in New York for the benefit of the employees. Coverage of health insurance the cost of drugs; Liability in the screening out of employees based on weight; Delivery of weight-loss...
