Zakeri, R;
Batterham, RL;
(2018)
Obesity: when is specialist referral needed?
[Editorial comment].
British Journal of General Practice
, 68
(671)
pp. 264-265.
10.3399/bjgp18X696281.
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Abstract
Obesity is a chronic progressive condition affecting 27% of the UK adult population. Obesity underlies much of primary care workload: 44% of type 2 diabetes (T2D) cases, 23% of ischaemic heart disease, and 41% of certain cancers are attributable to excess BMI.1 Worryingly, the number of adults with severe obesity, which significantly reduces life expectancy, has doubled to approximately 2.6 million over the past decade. Obesity and related illnesses lead to significant healthcare costs, estimated at £6.1 billion per year in the UK, with additional societal costs of £27 billion from reduced productivity secondary to obesity-related ill-health.2
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Obesity: when is specialist referral needed? |
| Location: | England |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.3399/bjgp18X696281 |
| Publisher version: | http://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp18X696281 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Medicine UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Medicine > Experimental and Translational Medicine |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10049866 |
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