ERC Starting Grant · 2024
Health Economic Impact of Population-based Interventions for Prevention of Overweight and Obesity
Overweight and obesity account for one eighth of the disease burden and five percent of health care expenditures in Europe and cause large societal productivity losses. Thus, cost-effective strategies for the prevention of overweight and obesity are urgently needed to assure the financial sustainability of health and social security systems. Population-based interventions (PBIs) that change the social and environmental context are promising strategies, however, robust evidence on their health and economic impact is lacking. This uncertainty might lead to inefficient resource allocation and harm for patients and society. In EcIMPACT, I aim to 1) quantify the real-world causal effect of two…
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