Economic costs of overweight and obesity

Lehnert, Thomas; Sonntag, Diana; Konnopka, Alexander; Riedel‐Heller, Steffi G.; König, Hans‐Helmut

doi:10.1016/j.beem.2013.01.002

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“…Some of these symptoms manifest as joint discomfort caused mainly by excess weight, which can overload the musculoskeletal structures responsible for stabilizing and moving the body (6). Obesity has been associated with significant impairment in mobility (7) and several musculoskeletal disorders, which can lead to disability and poor quality of life (5,6) and result in high direct and indirect healthcare economic costs (8,9).…”

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Prevalence of musculoskeletal symptoms in obese patients candidates for bariatric surgery and its impact on health related quality of life

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Wittmer

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Arch. Endocrinol. Metab.

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Objective: This study was designed to identify the major musculoskeletal symptoms of individuals with obesity, to assess their health-related quality of life, and to evaluate the correlation between the musculoskeletal symptoms and the individuals' health-related quality of life. Materials and methods: Cross-sectional study. Instruments used: "Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire" and "The Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36)" . Results: In total, 41 subjects were evaluated, of which 90.15% were female. The mean age of the subjects was 40.78 ± 9.85 years and their mean body-mass index was 46.87 ± 8.08. All subjects reported musculoskeletal pain in at least one anatomical region and 80.49% had pain in three or more regions. The activity limitations due to pain were reported by 75.61% of them. The most affected regions by pain were the ankles and/or feet, lower back, knees and wrists/hands/fingers. The most associated regions with activity limitations due to pain were the ankles and/or feet, knees and lower back. The presence of pain showed a negative correlation with the domains physical functioning (PF), role-physical (RP) and body pain (BP). The activity limitations showed a negative correlation with the domains PF, BP, social functioning (SF) and role-emotional (RE). Conclusion: Our data showed a high prevalence of musculoskeletal pain and limitation in activities due to pain in obese subjects. The musculoskeletal symptoms had negative correlations with physical and mental components of the health-related quality of life, highlighting the importance of ensuring that patients with obesity have access to interdisciplinary care, for the prevention and rehabilitation of musculoskeletal disorders. Arch Endocrinol Metab. 2017;61(3):319-25.

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Prevalence of musculoskeletal symptoms in obese patients candidates for bariatric surgery and its impact on health related quality of life

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Santos

Wittmer

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“…Therefore, people with obesity could have additional costs that could threaten their financial security (Seidell, 1998) Moreover, if they are working, they suffer losses of productivity due to presenteeism, absenteeism and disability (Lehnert et al, 2013) These situations also decrease their socioeconomic status and could lead to food insecurity.…”

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“…Absenteeism is when an employee is absent from work due to an illness, which creates more cost on the employers´ side. Lastly, dissabilty is either a short or long-term absence from the labor market, due to a physical or mental incapability to meet occupational demands (Lehnert, Sonntag, Konnopka, Riedel-Heller, & König, 2013). These annual costs vary between an additional $86 to $178 for overweight men and women.…”

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“…If they get married, they tend to marry partners with lower levels of education Moreover, obesity is related to adverse health outcomes (Azarbad & Gonder-Frederick, 2010). Therefore, people with obesity could have additional costs that could threaten their financial security (Seidell, 1998) Moreover, if they are working, they suffer losses of productivity due to presenteeism, absenteeism and disability (Lehnert et al, 2013) These situations also decrease their socioeconomic status and could lead to food insecurity.The application of this theoretical framework suggests several ideas for future research, policies and practice. Taking into consideration the findings and based in the cumulative inequality theory, the health and socio-economic consequences of obesity may be considered as an accumulation of risk factors over the life course (Ferraro & KelleyMoore, 2003;Fikkan & Rothblum, 2012) .…”

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Life Course Perspective and Body Weight Discrimination: An Integrated Approach to Understand the Relationship Between Obesity and Food Insecurity in Women.

Martínez-Jaikel

2017

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Life course perspective and body weight discrimination: an integrated approach to understand the relationship between obesity and food insecurity in women.Perspectiva del ciclo vital y discriminación por exceso de peso: un enfoque integrado para entender la relación entre la obesidad y la inseguridad alimentaria en mujeres. Tatiana Martínez Jaikel 1  ABSTRACT: Introduction: Excess body weight, is a prevalent and growing health problem among U.S. women and has multiple consequences on their health. Women with excess weight experience discrimination in multiple domains. Multiple studies have concluded that household food insecurity (HFI) is often associated with excess body weight in women, but not men. The more prevalent assumption has been that HFI leads to obesity. But, there has been an increase in the studies that propose the opposite. Purpose: Applying a life course perspective will provide a better understanding about how weight-based discrimination, across multiple domains, and poorer health due to obesity may lead to food insecurity in women. Results: Reduced opportunities in the domains of employment, education and marital relationships have a considerable impact on the economic situation of the excess weight women and finally could lead obese women to food insecurity. Conclusion: Using this approach has the potential to ask research questions that have been previously unexplored and plan interventions and policies to address this health inequality. Keywords: obesity; food insecurity; weight discrimination; women  RESUMEN: Introducción: El exceso de peso corporal, es un problema de salud prevalente y creciente entre las mujeres de los Estados Unidos y tiene múltiples consecuencias sobre su salud. Las mujeres con exceso de peso experimentan discriminación en diversos espacios. Varios estudios han llegado a la conclusión de que la inseguridad alimentaria enel hogar,suele estar asociada con el exceso de peso corporal en las mujeres, pero no así en los hombres. La hipótesis más frecuente ha sido que la inseguridad alimentaria conduce al exceso de peso. Pero, ha habido un aumento en los estudios que proponen lo contrario. Propósito: La aplicación de una perspectiva del ciclo vital proporcionará una mejor comprensión de cómo la discriminación basada en el peso, a través de múltiples espacios, y el deterioro de la salud producto de la obesidad podría conducir a la inseguridad alimentaria en las mujeres. Resultados: Oportunidades reducidas en los ámbitos del empleo, la educación y las relaciones sentimentales, tienen un impacto considerable sobre la situación económica del exceso de peso de las mujeres y finalmente pueden llevar a las mujeres obesas a la inseguridad alimentaria. Conclusiones: El uso de esta perspectiva, nos proporciona el potencial de plantear preguntas de investigación que han sido previamente inexplorada, así como, planear intervenciones y políticas para abordar esta desigualdad en salud. Palabras Clave: obesidad; inseguridad alimentaria; discriminación basada en el peso; Overweight and ob...

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A qualitative investigation of the health economic impacts of bariatric surgery for obesity and implications for improved practice in health economics

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Obesity is an economic problem. Bariatric surgery is cost-effective for severe and resistant obesity. Most economic evaluations of bariatric surgery use administrative data and narrowly defined direct medical costs in their quantitative analyses. Demand far outstrips supply for bariatric surgery. Further allocation of health care resources to bariatric surgery (particularly public) could be stimulated by new health economic evidence that supports the provision of bariatric surgery. We postulated that qualitative research methods would elicit important health economic dimensions of bariatric surgery that would typically be omitted from the current economic evaluation framework, nor be reported and therefore not considered by policymakers with sufficient priority. We listened to patients: Focus group data were analysed thematically with software assistance. Key themes were identified inductively through a dialogue between the qualitative data and pre-existing economic theory (perspective, externalities, and emotional capital). We identified the concept of emotional capital where participants described life-changing desires to be productive and participate in their communities postoperatively. After self-funding bariatric surgery, some participants experienced financial distress. We recommend a mixed-methods approach to the economic evaluation of bariatric surgery. This could be operationalised in health economic model conceptualisation and construction, through to the separate reporting of qualitative results to supplement quantitative results.

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Economic costs of overweight and obesity

Cited by 247 publications

References 67 publications

Prevalence of musculoskeletal symptoms in obese patients candidates for bariatric surgery and its impact on health related quality of life

Prevalence of musculoskeletal symptoms in obese patients candidates for bariatric surgery and its impact on health related quality of life

Life Course Perspective and Body Weight Discrimination: An Integrated Approach to Understand the Relationship Between Obesity and Food Insecurity in Women.

A qualitative investigation of the health economic impacts of bariatric surgery for obesity and implications for improved practice in health economics

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