Assessing the economic costs of unhealthy diets and low physical activity

Assessing the economic costs of unhealthy diets and low physical activity an evidence review and proposed framework (2017)-1

Christine Joy Candari
Jonathan Cylus
Ellen Nolte

2017

An evidence review and proposed framework

Lifestyle related health problems are now a challenge of global proportions. For example, levels of obesity have doubled since 1980, and it costs a staggering 2.8% of the world’s GDP. Europe is not an exception: half of EU adults today are either overweight or obese, and rates for children are even more worrisome: one in three. Unless we act, we will condemn a whole generation to a lifetime of poor health.

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