The effects of obesity, smoking, and drinking on medical problems and costs.

By R. Sturm. Health Affairs, 2002

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National medical spending attributable to overweight and obesity: how much, and who's paying? (2003, methodology): “Roland Sturm used regression analysis to show that obese adults incur annual medical expenditures that are $395 (36 percent) higher than those of normal weight incur.(3) This analysis, however, was limited to people under age sixty-five.”
Overweight, obesity and cancer: epidemiological evidence and proposed mechanisms (2004, background): “Recent studies estimate that the impact of overweight and obesity in terms of both mortality and health-care costs equals or exceeds that associated with tobacco us”
The economic burden of obesity worldwide: a systematic review of the direct costs of obesity (2011, background): “…20 – – Raebel et al. 2004 (45) USA 1 764 members of a large US health plan 21–84 – – Stuart et al. 2008 (55) USA 8 473 Medicare beneficiaries Elderly – Stratified by: white, black, Hispanic, other Sturm 2002 (16) USA 10 000 respondents to the nationwide Health Care for Communities Survey 18–65…”
Impatience, Incentives and Obesity (2015, background): “1 Adverse health conditions attributed to obesity, which include heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, and stroke, lead to an estimated 112,000 deaths per year (Strum, 2002; Flegal et al., 2005).”
The Effect of Education on Adult Health and Mortality: Evidence from Britain. NBER Working Paper No. 16013. (2010, neutral): “For example, Sturm (2002), using a cross-sectional approach, concludes that the health risks of problem drinking are half those of smokers.”
Unhealthy assimilation: Why do immigrants converge to American health status levels? (2005, positive): “In particular, obesity increases the risk of heart disease, stroke, some types of cancer, and diabetes, and hence the nancial burden due to greater health care consumption and/or productivity loss (Sturm 2002; Wolf and Colditz 1998).”
Fast food consumption and increased caloric intake: a systematic review of a trajectory towards weight gain and obesity risk (2008, background): “Furthermore, in a recent publication by the World Cancer Research Fund and American Institute for Cancer Research, the expert panel found the current literature regarding fast food consumption as a cause of weight gain, overweight and obesity strong and consistent, resulting in recommendations for m”
Economic causes and consequences of obesity. (2005, methodology): “Sturm (66) used nationally representative data from the 1997– 1998 Healthcare for Communities survey and found that obese adults aged 18–65 years incur annual medical expenditures that are 36% higher than expenditures of normal-weight individuals.”
THE ECONOMIC CAUSES OF OBESITY: A SURVEY (2008, neutral): “Obese adults in the USA under age 65 incur annual medical expenditures that are 36%–37% higher than adults of normal weight incur, primarily because of prescription drugs (Sturm, 2002; Finkelstein et al., 2003; Raebel et al., 2004).”