Projected health and economic effects of the increase in childhood obesity during the COVID-19 pandemic in England: The potential cost of inaction

Iván Ochoa-Moreno; Ravita Taheem; Kathryn Woods-Townsend; Debbie Chase; Keith M. Godfrey; Neena Modi; Mark Hanson

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0296013

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Projected health and economic effects of the increase in childhood obesity during the COVID-19 pandemic in England: The potential cost of inaction

Iván Ochoa-Moreno,

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations School of Human Development and Health, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom, Centre for Health Economics, University of York, Heslington, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7843-9908

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Ravita Taheem,

Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations NIHR Southampton Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom, Southampton City Council, Civic Centre, Southampton, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7655-4400

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Kathryn Woods-Townsend,

Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations NIHR Southampton Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom, Southampton Education School, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
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Debbie Chase,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Southampton City Council, Civic Centre, Southampton, United Kingdom
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Keith M. Godfrey,

Roles Conceptualization, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Centre and NIHR Southampton Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4643-0618

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Neena Modi,

Roles Conceptualization, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Section of Neonatal Medicine, School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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Mark Hanson

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: mark.hanson@soton.ac.uk

Affiliations School of Human Development and Health, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom, Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health, WHO, Geneva, Switzerland
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Projected health and economic effects of the increase in childhood obesity during the COVID-19 pandemic in England: The potential cost of inaction

Iván Ochoa-Moreno,
Ravita Taheem,
Kathryn Woods-Townsend,
Debbie Chase,
Keith M. Godfrey,
Neena Modi,
Mark Hanson

Published: January 24, 2024
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0296013

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