Association of body mass index with health care expenditures in the United States by age and sex

• Zachary J. Ward ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: zward@hsph.harvard.edu

  Affiliation Center for Health Decision Science, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4007-2207

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• Sara N. Bleich,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3098-3119

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• Michael W. Long,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Prevention and Community Health, Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University, Washington, DC, United States of America

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• Steven L. Gortmaker

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States of America

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