Economic burden of obesity in youths aged 6 to 17 years: 1979-1999.

By Guijing Wang, W. Dietz. Pediatrics, 2002

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The prevention of overweight and obesity in children and adolescents: a review of interventions and programmes (2006, background): “The obesity epidemic has been associated with a dramatic increase in related healthcare costs, for example in the USA a more than a threefold increase between 1979 and 1981 and 1997–1999 was observed (9).”
Obesity and risk of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease in children and adolescents. (2003, background): “the last 20 yr, reaching $127 million per year (5).”
Rapid growth in infancy and childhood and obesity in later life – a systematic review (2005, background): “The growing occurrence of this phenomenon has been highlighted by international organizations (4), concerned with its future impact on health at both individual and population levels, and therefore on the economy of a number of countries (5,6).”
Obesity in children and young people: a crisis in public health. (2004, background): “One study that attempted to establish the costs for hospital treatment of obesity-related disorders in children has been published by Wang & Dietz (198).”