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.
Source: IHE 2022 (pdf)
| ...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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