Modeling Obesity in Norway (The MOON Study): A Decision-Analytic Approach-Prevalence, Costs, and Years of Life Lost.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Limited knowledge exists on the expected long-term effects and cost-effectiveness of initiatives aiming to reduce the burden of obesity.

Aim

To develop a Norwegian obesity-focused disease-simulation model: the MOON model.

Material and methods

We developed a Markov model and simulated a Norwegian birth cohort's movement between the health states "normal weight,""overweight,""obese 1,""obese 2," and "dead" using a lifetime perspective. Model input was estimated using longitudinal data from health surveys and real-world data (RWD) from local and national registers (N = 99,348). The model is deterministic and probabilistic and stratified by gender. Model validity was assessed by estimating the cohort's expected prevalence, health care costs, and mortalit

SUBMITTER: Bjornelv GMW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7783689 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature