title: Obesity morbidity and health care costs in France: an analysis of the 1991-1992 Medical Care Household Survey.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To estimate the direct medical costs associated with obesity in France.
  
  
  METHODS
  Analysis of the French 1991-1992 National Household Survey database comprising a representative sample of 14, 670 individuals aged 18 y and over. A subgroup of subjects with a body mass index (BMI)>/=30 kg/m2 was compared with a control group of normal-weight individuals (BMI 18.5-25 kg/m2) matched on age, gender and education level.
  
  
  METHODS
  Self-reported weight and height used to calculate individual body mass index and health expenditures in a 3 month period, and morbidity as declared by respondents to the national household survey and verified on medical records.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The direct cost attributable to obesity (BMI>/=30 kg/m2) was estimated to be in the range 4.2-8.7 billion French Francs (FF) in 1992 value, that is between 0.7 and 1.5% of total health expenditures.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These results were of the same order of magnitude as similar estimates obtained by a top-down approach for the same year and setting. International Journal of Obesity (2000) 24, 151-155
authors.affiliation: Cemka, 43 Boulevard Maréchal Joffre, 92340 Bourg-la-Reine, France. bruno.detournay@cemka.fr
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Detournay
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Fagnani
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Phillippo
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pribil
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Charles
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sermet
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Basdevant
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Eschwège
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D015992:Body Mass Index; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D017281:Cost of Illness; D005260:Female; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009017:Morbidity; D009765:Obesity / Q000191:economics* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors