Download or read book Evaluation of the Relationship Between Body Mass Index BMI and Healthcare Cost Utilization and Health related Quality of Life in Adult Diabetic Patients written by Ayoade Olayemi Adeyemi and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present study assessed the relationship between Body Mass Index (BMI) and healthcare cost, utilization and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of type 2 diabetes patients using the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) database. Study subjects were at least 18 years of age, diagnosed with diabetes and taking ≥1 oral antidiabetic medication. Data were extracted over a 5-year period (01/01/2006-12/31/2010). The main study outcomes were healthcare costs and utilization and HRQoL. The study covariates were age, gender, race, smoking status, census region of residence, marital status, insurance status, Charlson comorbidity index score and additional bed days. Study objectives were addressed using generalized linear model, negative binomial and multivariate regression analyses. A final un-weighted sample size of 7,003 patients was obtained. Mean age (±SE) was 61.2 (±0.24) years, mean BMI (±SE) was 32.2 (±0.12), and 50.4% were males. The majority was white (77.4%), did not smoke (84.5%), and were married (60.4%). Based on BMI categories, 12.6% had normal weight (BMI: 18.0-24.9); 29.2% were overweight (BMI: 25.0-29.9); 45.6% were obese (BMI: 30.0-39.9), and 12.6% were morbidly obese (BMI≥ 40.0). Compared to normal-weight patients; overweight, obese or morbidly obese patients had significantly higher (p
Download or read book The Surgeon General s Call to Action to Prevent and Decrease Overweight and Obesity written by and published by Office of the Surgeon General. This book was released on 2001 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Promotes the recognition, treatment, and prevention of conditions of overweight and obesity in the United States.
Download or read book The Association Between Body Mass Index and Health Outcomes in Italy written by Goode Brandon and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: BACKGROUND: Higher rates of weight-related comorbidities are associated with body mass index (BMI) in individuals who have overweight/obesity. Relationships between BMI, health outcomes and health-related costs differ across populations and geographic regions.AIM: The aim of this study was to quantify the association between BMI and health outcomes among adults in Italy.METHOD: The Italian data from the 2013 European National Health and Wellness Survey (NHWS) were used (N=10,000). The NHWS is a cross-sectional general health survey administered to a representative sample of adults in France, Germany, UK, Italy, and Spain. Analyses included all adults who had a BMI >18.5 kg/mu00b2 (based on self-reported height and weight) and had not had bariatric surgery. Health-related quality of life (HR-QoL) was assessed via SF-36v2 questionnaire scores; work productivity and activity impairment (WPAI) via WPAI questionnaire scores, healthcare resource use via number of self-reported healthcare provider and emergency room visits; the indirect/direct costs associated with healthcare resource use were estimated using average-values reported in the literature and converted to Euros (2013 exchange rates). Regression models explored differences among BMI classes with respect to the outcome measures, controlling for demographic and health history variables. Analyses were replicated for three subgroups: respondents with type 2 diabetes (T2D), hypertension, and pre-diabetes.RESULTS: N=9,433 respondents met inclusion criteria. 52.26% of respondents had BMI
Download or read book The Association Between Body Mass Index and Health Outcomes in Germany written by Goode Brandon and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: BACKGROUND: Higher rates of weight-related comorbidities are associated with body mass index (BMI) in individuals who have overweight/obesity. Relationships between BMI, health outcomes and health-related costs differ across populations and geographic regions.AIMS: The aim of this study was to quantify the association between BMI, health outcomes and health-related costs among adults in Germany.METHOD: The German data from the 2013 European National Health and Wellness Survey (NHWS) were used (N=15,000). The NHWS is a cross-sectional general health survey administered to a representative sample of adults in France, Germany, UK, Italy, and Spain. Analyses included all adults who had a BMI >18.5 kg/mu00b2 (based on self-reported height and weight) and had not had bariatric surgery. Health-related quality of life (HR-QoL) was assessed via SF-36v2 questionnaire scores; work productivity and activity impairment via WPAI questionnaire scores; healthcare resource use via number of self-reported healthcare provider and emergency room visits; the indirect/direct costs associated with healthcare resource use were estimated using average-values reported in the literature and converted to Euros (2013 exchange rates). Regression models explored differences among BMI classes with respect to outcome measures, controlling for demographic and health history variables. Analyses were replicated for three subgroups: respondents with type 2 diabetes (T2D), hypertension, and pre-diabetes.RESULTS: N=14,286 respondents met inclusion criteria. 43.46%, 35.25%, 13.89%, 4.79%, and 2.60% of respondents had BMI 25 kg/m2 (normal weight), 25 to 30 kg/m2 (overweight), 30 to
Download or read book Obesity and Diabetes written by Christos S. Mantzoros and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-01-25 with total page 553 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: International experts from world-renowned medical schools comprehensively review for practicing clinicians and scientists alike the latest understanding of the epidemiology, causation, and consequences of diabetes and obesity. The authors discuss in detail their diagnosis, clinical manifestations, complications, and best practices for diagnosis and treatment. They also review the history and epidemiology of these conditions, explain their genetics and pathophysiology, and illuminate their known mechanisms and interactions. State-of-the-art survey-chapters critique current approaches (lifestyle and pharmacological) to the treatment of these conditions.
Download or read book Analysis of the Effects of Obesity Control on Life Expectancy and Health Life Expectancy written by The Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs (South Korea) and published by 길잡이미디어. This book was released on 2013-11-21 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CHAPTER 1 Introduction CHAPTER 2 Literature review of the methods and results of estimation of healthy life expectancy 1. Mathers et al. (2003) 2. Loukine et al. (2011) 3. Kaplan et al. (2007) 4. van Baal et al. (2006) 5. Manuel et al. (2004) CHAPTER 3 Estimation of life expectancy and health life expectancy 1. Method and result of the analysis of healthy life expectancy 2. Method and result of HALE analysis 3. Health-related Quality of Life 4. Health-adjusted life expectancy CHAPTER 4 Expected effects of obesity control on life expectancy and healthy life expectancy 1. Analysis method 2. Analysis variables CHAPTER 5 Conclusion 1. Results of the estimation of life expectancy and healthy life expectancy 2. Changes in healthy life expectancy depending on variations in incidence rates References Many advanced countries have set out national initiatives for improving their people's health and pursued strategies for nationwide health promotion since the 1980s. Examples of such initiatives include ‘Healthy People' of the US, ’Our Healthier Nation' of the UK, ‘Healthy Japan 21’ of Japan, and ‘Better Health Commission' of Australia. The goals of these plans is to help people have longer healthy lives and eliminate health disparities. South Korea's third national health promotion plan--'National Health Plan 2020' (HP 2020, '11~20)--intends to increase healthy life expectancy for Koreans to 75 by 2020. Healthy life expectancy, a basic health measure of HP 2020 is the number of years a person can expect to live without diseases or injuries, which is a measure of a population's health that focuses on how many years a person might live in a healthy state rather than just how many years they might be expected to live. Such improvement in the quality of life cannot be achieved without a social environment that promotes good health for all. While infectious diseases took up a large portion of the global burden of disease in the past, rapidly increasing chronic diseases account for a larger portion these days. Therefore, it is necessary to increase healthy life expectancy by reducing the burden of chronic diseases through prevention and appropriate management. Of such health risk factors causing chronic illness as smoking, drinking and obesity, this research is about obesity. In the US, the cost of obesity-related diseases accounted for 5.5%--7.8% of the total medical expenditure (as of 1998)1) --while in Canada 2.5% (as of 1999) of the total medical cost is caused by a lack of exercise.2) In Korea, obesity makes up about 6% of the medical cost of adults 20 or older for the national health insurance plan.3) This study intends to estimate the life expectancy and healthy life expectancy of the Korean people, and measure the effects of the control of obesity, a major health risk factor, thereby analyzing the relationship between chronic illness, life expectancy, and healthy life expectancy. Based on the results, this study explores the current state of Koreans' healthy life expectancy (2009) and the effects of obesity control, providing the basis for attaining the goals of Korea's national health promotion plan. This paper is composed of five chapters. Chapter 1 is the introduction, and Chapter 2 reviews existing literature related to healthy life expectancy in to help the reader to understand the indicator. In Chapter 3, Koreans' life expectancy and healthy life expectancy as of 2009 are estimated. First, the number of deaths, population, and life table released by the Korean Statistical Information Service (KOSIS) are used to calculate life expectancy, and then the health-related quality of life data out of the nationwide survey, Korea Health Panel (KHP) is utilized to measure healthy life expectancy. Chapter 4 presents analysis of the effects of obesity control on life expectancy and healthy life expectancy. A multi-state simulation model and the Sullivan method are applied to estimate healthy life expectancy. The Sullivan method, a widely used method to calculate healthy life expectancy, is useful in estimating the average healthy life expectancy of the population, while the multi-state model is good for computing the healthy life expectancy of a specific age group or subgroup with a certain health status (Lee Seung-wook et al., 2007). Next, the Markov Model is used for dynamic analysis of the life expectancy and healthy life expectancy of those with obesity and those of normal weight. Chapter 5 is the conclusion and summarizes the results of the analyses of this study and discusses its limitations and research tasks for the future.
Download or read book Body Mass Index and Health written by Linda A. Ferrera and published by Nova Publishers. This book was released on 2005 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Federal guidelines on the identification, evaluation, and treatment of overweight and obesity in adults have defined "overweight" as a body mass index value between 25 and 29.9; and "obesity" as a body mass index value greater than or equal to 30. BMI is a ratio between weight and height. It is a mathematical formula that correlates with body fat, used to evaluate if a person is at an unhealthy weight (given a certain height). BMI value is more useful for predicting health risks than the weight alone (for adults ages 18 and up). Individuals with high BMI's are at increased risk of developing certain diseases, including: Hypertension, Cardiovascular Disease, Dyslipidemia, Adult-Onset Diabetes (Type II), Sleep Apnea, Osteoarthritis, Female Infertility, and other Conditions, including: idiopathic intracranial hypertension lower extremity venous stasis disease, gastroesophageal reflux and urinary stress incontinence. This new book gathers research from around the world in the critical field of obesity research and its effects.
Download or read book Body Mass Index written by Linda A. Ferrera and published by Nova Publishers. This book was released on 2005 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Federal guidelines on the identification, evaluation, and treatment of overweight and obesity in adults have defined 'overweight' as a body mass index value between 25 and 29.9; and 'obesity' as a body mass index value greater than or equal to 30. BMI is a ratio between weight and height. It is a mathematical formula that correlates with body fat, used to evaluate if a person is at an unhealthy weight (given a certain height). BMI value is more useful for predicting health risks than the weight alone (for adults ages 18 and up). Individuals with high BMI's are at increased risk of developing certain diseases, including: Hypertension, Cardiovascular Disease, Dyslipidemia, Adult-Onset Diabetes (Type II), Sleep Apnea, Osteoarthritis, Female Infertility, and other Conditions, including: idiopathic intracranial hypertension lower extremity venous stasis disease, gastroesophageal reflux and urinary stress incontinence. This new book gathers research from around the world in the critical field of obesity research and its effects.
Download or read book Exercise and Diabetes written by Sheri R. Colberg and published by American Diabetes Association. This book was released on 2013-05-30 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Physical movement has a positive effect on physical fitness, morbidity, and mortality in individuals with diabetes. Although exercise has long been considered a cornerstone of diabetes management, many health care providers fail to prescribe it. In addition, many fitness professionals may be unaware of the complexities of including physical activity in the management of diabetes. Giving patients or clients a full exercise prescription that take other chronic conditions commonly accompanying diabetes into account may be too time-consuming for or beyond the expertise of many health care and fitness professionals. The purpose of this book is to cover the recommended types and quantities of physical activities that can and should be undertaken by all individuals with any type of diabetes, along with precautions related to medication use and diabetes-related health complications. Medications used to control diabetes should augment lifestyle improvements like increased daily physical activity rather than replace them. Up until now, professional books with exercise information and prescriptions were not timely or interactive enough to easily provide busy professionals with access to the latest recommendations for each unique patient. However, simply instructing patients to “exercise more” is frequently not motivating or informative enough to get them regularly or safely active. This book is changing all that with its up-to-date and easy-to-prescribe exercise and physical activity recommendations and relevant case studies. Read and learn to quickly prescribe effective and appropriate exercise to everyone.
Download or read book Weighing the Options written by Paul R. Thomas and published by National Academies. This book was released on 1995-03-01 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents criteria for evaluating treatment programs for obesity and explores what these criteria mean--to health care providers, program designers, researchers, and even overweight people seeking help. Discusses information necessary to make wise program choices and evaluations; examines how client demographics and characteristics--including health status, knowledge of weight-loss issues, and attitude toward weight and body image--affect these programs.
Download or read book The Relationship Between Body Mass Index and Health related Quality of Life written by Susan Macran and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 11 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Epidemiology and Demography in Public Health written by Japhet Killewo and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2010-08-18 with total page 509 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Epidemiology and Demography in Public Health provides practical guidance on planning and implementing surveillance and investigation of disease and disease outbreaks. Exploring contributing factors to the dynamics of disease transmission and the identification of population risks, it also includes a discussion of ehtics in epidemiology and demography including important issues of privacy vs. public safety. With a chapter on H1N1 and Bird flu, this book will be important for students and professionals in public health and epidemiology. Focuses on the techniques of surveillance and investigation of disease Includes biostatistics and analysis techniques Explores the ethics of disease studies Includes chapter discussing H1N1 and Bird Flu
Download or read book Psychosocial Care for People with Diabetes written by Deborah Young-Hyman and published by American Diabetes Association. This book was released on 2012-12-25 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Psychosocial Care for People with Diabetes describes the major psychosocial issues which impact living with and self-management of diabetes and its related diseases, and provides treatment recommendations based on proven interventions and expert opinion. The book is comprehensive and provides the practitioner with guidelines to access and prescribe treatment for psychosocial problems commonly associated with living with diabetes.
Download or read book Nutrition and Health Related Quality of Life Is it an Ignored Outcome written by Leila Itani and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2021-12-03 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Obesity Epidemiology written by Frank Hu and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2008-03-21 with total page 513 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the past twenty years there has been a dramatic increase in obesity in the United States. An estimated thirty percent of adults in the US are obese; in 1980, only fifteen percent were. The issue is gaining greater attention with the CDC and with the public health world in general. This book will offer practical information about the methodology of epidemiologic studies of obesity, suitable for graduate students and researchers in epidemiology, and public health practitioners with an interest in the issue. The book will be structured in four main sections, with the majority of chapters authored by Dr. Hu, and some authored by specialists in specific areas. The first section will consider issues surrounding the definition of obesity, measurement techniques, and the designs of epidemiologic studies. The second section will address the consequences of obesity, looking at epidemiologic studies that focus on cardio-vascular disease, diabetes, and cancer The third section will look at determinants obesity, reviewing a wide range of risk factors for obesity including diet, physical activity and sedentary behaviors, sleep disorders, psychosocial factors, physical environment, biochemical and genetic predictors, and intrauterine exposures. In the final section, the author will discuss the analytical issues and challenges for epidemiologic studies of obesity.
Download or read book WHO guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour written by and published by World Health Organization. This book was released on 2020-11-20 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Clinical Guidelines on the Identification Evaluation and Treatment of Overweight and Obesity in Adults written by Expert Panel on the Identification, Evaluation, and Treatment of Overweight and Obesity in Adults (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Of evidence-based recommendations -- Introduction -- Overweight and obesity: background -- Examination of randomized controlled trial evidence -- Treatment guidelines -- Summary of recommendations -- Future research.
