Economic Effects of Obesity in Children: Annotated Bibliography
Ling, Jiying, et al. “Economic burden of childhood overweight and obesity: A systematic review and meta‐analysis.” Obesity Reviews 24.2 (2023): e13535. The authors aimed to explore three areas in which cost increase was related to child obesity; medical costs, non-hospital and physician visit costs, and medication costs. The cost of hospital visitation increases with obese children compared...
