RODRIGUEZ CARO, Alejandro    GONZALEZ LOPEZ-VALCARCEL, Beatriz. The economic implications of interventions to prevent obesity. []. , 83, 1, pp.25-41. ISSN 2173-9110.

In spite of methodological, organizational and economical difficulties, it is necessary to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of obesity prevention policies and the resources that society allocates to fighting this epidemic. This paper reviews the economic reasoning behind these policies and presents a review of the scientific literature on the economic burden of disease and on the cost-effectiveness of individual and community interventions to prevent obesity.

: Cost of Illness; Cost-effectiveness; Obesity; Government Regulation; Health Policy.

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