A health inequality impact assessment from reduction in overweight and obesity.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In recent years, social differences in overweight and obesity (OWOB) have become more pronounced. Health impact assessments provide population-level scenario evaluations of changes in disease prevalence and risk factors. The objective of this study was to simulate the health effects of reducing the prevalence of overweight and obesity in populations with short and medium education.

Methods

The DYNAMO-HIA tool was used to conduct a health inequality impact assessment of the future reduced disease prevalence (ischemic heart disease (IHD), diabetes, stroke, and multi-morbidity) and changes in life expectancy for the 2040-population of Copenhagen, Denmark (n = 742,130). We simulated an equalized weight scenario where the prevalence of OWOB in the population with short

SUBMITTER: Bender AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7706236 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature