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Modeling Obesity in Norway (The MOON Study): A Decision-Analytic Approach-Prevalence, Costs, and Years of Life Lost.

Gudrun Maria Waaler BjørnelvVidar HalsteinliBård E KulsengDiana SonntagRønnaug A Ødegaard
Published in: Medical decision making : an international journal of the Society for Medical Decision Making (2020)
The high expected prevalence of obesity in the future will lead to substantial health care costs and large losses in life-years. This underscores the need to implement interventions to reduce the burden of obesity; the MOON model will enable economic evaluations for a wide range of interventions.
Keyphrases
  • insulin resistance
  • metabolic syndrome
  • weight loss
  • type diabetes
  • high fat diet induced
  • weight gain
  • risk factors
  • healthcare
  • physical activity
  • adipose tissue
  • body mass index
  • current status