Impact of overweight and obesity on life expectancy, quality-adjusted life years and lifetime costs in the adult population of Ghana.

Stella T Lartey Lei SiThomas LungCostan G MagnussenGodfred O BoatengNadia MinicuciPaul KowalAlison HayesBarbara de GraaffLeigh BlizzardAndrew J Palmer

Published in: BMJ global health (2021)

Overweight and obesity have substantial health and economic impacts, hence the urgent need for cost-effective preventive strategies in the Ghanaian population.

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public health
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mental health
health information
human health
risk assessment
life cycle