Room: Hollister B14
Time: Mon 08:30 AM-10:00 AM

Cost of Obesity

Chair: Irina Grafova (University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey)

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Presentations

1. The Increasing Cost of Obesity: Changes in the Impact of Physical Activity and Obesity on Medical Expenditures from 1998 to 2006

   Presenter: Jeroen van Meijgaard (University of California, Los Angeles)

   Discussant: Tianyan Hu

2. Quantifying Obesity in Economic Research

   Presenter: Joanna Parks (University of California, Davis)

   Discussant: Abigail Okrent (University of California, Davis)

3. Direct Costs Associated with Overweight, Obesity, and Metabolic Syndrome Among Health Plan Members

   Presenter: Kirsten Long (Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota)

   Discussant: Timothy Classen