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Project Number: | I01HX002697-01A1 |
| Title: | Measuring the Longitudinal Relationshipsbetween Obesity, Weight Management Intervention, and Medical Expenditure |
| Principal Investigator: | Matthew L. Maciejewski |
| Location: | Durham, NC |
| Congressional District Code: | 1 |
| Research Service: | Health Services R&D |
| Project Period: | June 2019 - May 2023 |
| FY 2021 Funding Amount: | $239,610 |
| Total Award Amount (all years): |
$942,261 |
| Abstract: |
View full abstract and other project information on NIH RePORTER Go To NIH RePORTER Excerpt: The prevalence of obesity among adults is stabilizing after decades of unrelenting increases and about 68% of Veterans are considered either overweight or obese. Obesity is the second leading cause of preventable deaths in the US and is associated with a wide range of diseases, such as hypertension, type 2 diabetes mellitus, coronary heart disease, and osteoarthritis. These clinical risks lead obese patients to incur disproportionately high health expenditures. In 2008, annual health expenditure... |