Obesity-related complications, healthcare resource use and weight loss strategies in six European countries: the RESOURCE survey
Authors' conclusion
ORCs are common in people with obesity, and are linked to increased HCRU. Together with the low reported success rate of weight loss attempts, this highlights an unmet need in Europe for enhanced weight management support for people with obesity.
Study context
- Population
- Adults (≥18 years) with self-reported body mass index (BMI) ≥30 kg/m² who interacted with primary or secondary healthcare in the past 12 months, not pregnant, recruited from a consumer research panel in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Sweden and the UK
- Participants
- 1,850 adults
- Outcome
- Obesity-related complications (ORCs)
Methodological detailsonline survey, self-reported data, European countries, Data self-reported via online survey, May-June 2021
- Online survey
- Self-reported data
- European countries
- Data self-reported via online survey, May-June 2021
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Reported ≥3 obesity-related complications (ORCs) (of 15 conditions)
26.3%
Hypertension
39.3%
Dyslipidaemia
22.8%
T2D
17.5%
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Healthcare resource use (HCRU) · past year
- Multiple ORCs linked to various types of HCRU, incl. significantly increased chance of reporting hospitalization
Weight loss attempts · past year
- Attempted to lose weight
- 78.6%
- No clinically meaningful weight loss of ≥5% (among those reporting estimated weight changes)
- 73.4%
Original publication
Obesity-related complications, healthcare resource use and weight loss strategies in six European countries: the RESOURCE survey. Int J Obes (Lond). Published 31 May 2023. doi:10.
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