Background: The rising prevalence of obesity represents an important public health issue.
An assessment of its costs may be useful in providing recommendations for policy and …

Child chronic illness/disability can present significant challenges for children, families and
society that require appropriate policy responses; yet little is known about the demands …

Background Treatment of severe asthma may include high dose systemic-steroid therapy
which is associated with substantial additional morbidity. This study estimates the additional …

The objective of this paper is to quantify and decompose the socioeconomic gradient in
childhood obesity in the Republic of Ireland. The analysis is performed using data from the …

This paper, for the first time, presents estimates of the causal impact of overweight and
obesity on self‐rated health (SRH) using instrumental variables (IV) econometric methods …

Objectives The increasing prevalence of overweight and obesity worldwide continues to
compromise population health and creates a wider societal cost in terms of productivity loss …

The credit market serving agriculture in Nigeria is encumbered by operational and
administrative inadequacies and the discriminatory tendencies of financial institutions. The …

Background The prevalence of obesity is rising, and obese persons are more likely to use
healthcare services and require moving and handling care. Aims This study explored the …

Background Overweight and obesity lead to higher probability of individuals accessing
primary care but adiposity estimates are rarely available at regional levels to inform health …

Obesity is a major risk factor for many chronic diseases and disabilities, with severe
implications on morbidity and mortality among older adults. With an increasing prevalence of …