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To update and directly compare estimates of the economic burden imposed on the UK National Health Service by major modifiable chronic disease risk factors using 2006–07 financial data.

May 11, 2011Journal of Public HealthOpen Access

The economic burden of ill health due to diet, physical inactivity, smoking, alcohol and obesity in the UK: an update to 2006-07 NHS costs

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To update and directly compare estimates of the economic burden imposed on the UK National Health Service by major modifiable chronic disease risk factors using 2006–07 financial data.
Identified chronic diseases linked to poor diet, physical inactivity, smoking, alcohol use, and overweight or obesity.
Applied risk factor-specific population attributable fractions to UK disease-specific NHS expenditure estimates for the 2006–07 fiscal year.
Poor diet generated the largest economic burden on the NHS at £5.8 billion in 2006–07, followed closely by overweight and obesity at £5.1 billion.
Smoking and alcohol consumption each generated costs of £3.3 billion, while physical inactivity accounted for £0.9 billion.

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Cost analysis reveals substantial healthcare expenditures from poor diet and obesity in the UK, highlighting priorities for preventative public health resource allocation.

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Scarborough et al. (2011) studied this question.

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Cost analysis reveals substantial healthcare expenditures from poor diet and obesity in the UK, highlighting priorities for preventative public health resource allocation.

The economic burden of ill health due to diet, physical inactivity, smoking, alcohol and obesity in the UK: an update to 2006-07 NHS costs

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The economic burden of ill health due to diet, physical inactivity, smoking, alcohol and obesity in the UK: an update to 2006-07 NHS costs

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