Obesity, cardiovascular risk and healthcare resource utilization in the UK: comment of prof le Roux

Prof Carel le Roux commented on their paper that appeared today in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology that obesity is becoming an increasingly important risk factor that doesn’t only increase the risk of cardiovascular disease but also amplify the healthcare cost. When the complications of obesity occur such as diabetes both the risk and the cost escalate significantly.” 

Obesity, cardiovascular risk and healthcare resource utilization in the UK is now published online with European Journal of Preventive Cardiology (https://doi.org/10.1177/2047487320925639).