Indirect costs constitute a major part of the total economic burden of obesity: a Finnish population-based cohort study
Indirect costs constitute a major part of the total costs of obesity in the working-age population. Compared with NW, the total costs are significantly higher not only for severe obesity, but also for OW and OBI.
Authors
- Susanna Aspholm
- Tiina Laatikainen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6614-4782)
- Tero Saukkonen
- Kirsi Hannele Pietiläinen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8522-1288)
- Aino Vesikansa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6386-9956)
- Annamari Lundqvist (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0262-8585)
- Katja Mutanen
- Juha Mehtälä (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4088-8561)
- Kirsi Kallio-Grönroos
Institutions
- University of Helsinki (FI)
- University of Eastern Finland (FI)
- Karelia University of Applied Sciences (FI)
- Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (FI)
- North Karelia Central Hospital (FI)
- Novo Nordisk (Finland) (FI)
- United Medix Laboratories (Finland) (FI)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Public Health
- Published
- 2025-05-10
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-22978-9
- Primary Topic
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Novo Nordisk