Table 6: Economic burden of pre-obesity or obesity in childhood or adolescence (increased total lifetime costs)

Economic burden (in 2022 SEK) of pre-obesity or obesity in childhood or adolescence. The values refer to the increased total lifetime costs for a child (or adolescent) with pre-obesity or obesity relative to a child (or adolescent) with healthy weight.

		...pre-obesity	... obesity
Increased costs relative to a child of healthy weight (in 2022 SEK) of a child having...	Males	SEK 147 000	SEK 257 000
	Females	SEK 152 000	SEK 429 000
Increased costs relative to an adolescent of healthy weight (in 2022 SEK) of an adolescent having...	Males	SEK 210 000	SEK 604 000
	Females	SEK 469 000	SEK 641 000

Originally published	19 Mar 2025
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