The Additional Costs and Health Effects of a Patient Having Overweight or Obesity: A Computational Model.
Saeideh Fallah-FiniAtif AdamLawrence J CheskinSarah M BartschBruce Y LeePublished in: Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) (2018)
Incremental lifetime costs of a patient with obesity or overweight (vs. normal weight) increased with the patient's age, peaked at age 50, and decreased with older ages. However, weight reduction even in older adults still yielded incremental cost savings.