Child Body Mass Index and Health Care Costs in England.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

In England, 27% of children aged 2 to 15 years live with overweight or obesity. However, national estimates of excess health care costs attributable to unhealthy weight status are lacking.

Objective

To estimate health care costs associated with childhood weight status, stratified by sex, age, and ethnicity, in England.

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective cross-sectional study used 2014 to 2020 Clinical Practice Research Datalink Aurum data linked with Hospital Episode Statistics at general practices in England. Children aged 2 to 15 years with at least 1 body mass index (BMI) measurement recorded during a general practice visit between January 1, 2015, and March 30, 2019, for whom primary care and linked Hospital Episode Statistics data wer

SUBMITTER: Onyimadu O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12522009 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature