Burden of Disease and Cost of Illness of Overweight and Obesity in Portugal
Overweight and obesity incur a large disease and economic burden to the public healthcare sector, representing approximately 0.6% of the country's gross domestic product and 5.8% of public health expenditures.
Authors
- Carlos Matias Dias (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0206-5874)
- João Francisco Staffa da Costa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1672-6562)
- Paula Freitas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8732-8046)
- Filipa Maria Soares de Sampaio (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5540-9853)
- L. Silva Miguel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4363-7389)
- Vasco Conde
- Débora Figueira (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6886-4230)
- Margarida Borges (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8563-6846)
- Bernardete Pinheiro
- Vânia Gaio
Institutions
- Uppsala University (SE)
- University of Lisbon (PT)
- IQVIA (United Kingdom) (GB)
- National Institute of Health Dr. Ricardo Jorge (PT)
- Fundação Faculdade de Medicina (BR)
- i3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto (PT)
- Altice Portugal (Portugal) (PT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Obesity Facts
- Published
- 2024-11-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000541781
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.02
Funders
- Indian National Science Academy
- Novo Nordisk