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Ahmed Maraey1, Ahmed Hashim2, Hadeer Elsharnoby3
1Department of Internal Medicine, University of North Dakota, Bismarck, ND, USA; Department of Hospital Medicine, CHI St. Alexius Health, Bismarck, ND, USA.
Abstract:
Morbid obesity (MO) is a national health problem. We sought to study the prevalence and contemporary trends of MO in hospitalized young adults. Nationwide Readmission Database (NRD) for the years 2016-2019 was queried for young adult MO admissions (aged 18-35 years). A total of 750,972 (7.1%) MO admissions were analyzed. There was a trend of increasing MO admissions from 6.5% in 2016 to 7.7% in 2019 (Ptrend <0.001). MO was independently associated with an increase in mean costs by 270 million dollars per year of analysis. Authors suggest developing national programs targeting MO in young adults.
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