Impact of obesity, overweight and underweight on life expectancy and lifetime medical expenditures: the Ohsaki Cohort Study

OBJECTIVES: People who are obese have higher demands for medical care than those of the normal weight people. However, in view of their shorter life expectancy, it is unclear whether obese people have higher lifetime medical expenditure. We examined the association between body mass index, life expe...

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Main Authors: Nagai, Masato, Kuriyama, Shinichi, Kakizaki, Masako, Ohmori-Matsuda, Kaori, Sone, Toshimasa, Hozawa, Atsushi, Kawado, Miyuki, Hashimoto, Shuji, Tsuji, Ichiro
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BMJ Group 2012
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Epidemiology
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3353127/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22581797
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2012-000940
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