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Relative weight-related costs of healthcare use by children--Results from the two German birth cohorts, GINI-plus and LISA-plus

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  • Breitfelder, Ariane
  • Wenig, Christina M.
  • Wolfenstetter, Silke B.
  • Rzehak, Peter
  • Menn, Petra
  • John, Jürgen
  • Leidl, Reiner
  • Bauer, Carl Peter
  • Koletzko, Sibylle
  • Röder, Stefan
  • Herbarth, Olf
  • von Berg, Andrea
  • Berdel, Dietrich
  • Krämer, Ursula
  • Schaaf, Beate
  • Wichmann, H.-Erich
  • Heinrich, Joachim

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Obesity among children and adolescents is a growing public health burden. According to a national reference among German children and adolescents aged 3-17 years, 15% are overweight (including obese) and 6.3% are obese. This study aims to assess the economic burden associated with overweight and obesity in children based on a cross-sectional survey from two birth cohort studies: the GINI-plus - German Infant Nutritional Intervention plus Non-Intervention study (3287 respondents aged 9 to

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  • Breitfelder, Ariane & Wenig, Christina M. & Wolfenstetter, Silke B. & Rzehak, Peter & Menn, Petra & John, Jürgen & Leidl, Reiner & Bauer, Carl Peter & Koletzko, Sibylle & Röder, Stefan & Herbarth, Olf, 2011. "Relative weight-related costs of healthcare use by children--Results from the two German birth cohorts, GINI-plus and LISA-plus," Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier, vol. 9(3), pages 302-315, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ehbiol:v:9:y:2011:i:3:p:302-315
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