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Mortality attributable to excess adiposity in England and Wales in 2003 and 2015: explorations with a spreadsheet implementation of the Comparative Risk Assessment methodology

Christopher Kelly1 email, Nora Pashayan2 email, Sreetharan Munisamy1 email and John W Powles2 email

University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 2SP, UK

Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Institute of Public Health, University Forvie Site, Robinson Way, Cambridge, CB2 0SR, UK

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Population Health Metrics 2009, 7:11doi:10.1186/1478-7954-7-11

Published: 30 June 2009

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Additional file 1:

Overview of procedure for estimating mortality attributable to excess adiposity. Description of the computer model to estimate mortality attributable to excess adiposity.

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Additional file 2:

WHO Comparative Risk Assessment methodology – implementation in Excel. Explanation of the Comparative Risk Assessment methodology in estimating attributable mortality due to continuously distributed risk factors.

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Computer model: estimated and projected mortality attributable to excess adiposity in England and Wales for the years 2003–2015. Computer model to estimate mortality, years of life lost (YLL, under varying weighting assumptions) and loss of life expectancy attributable to excess adiposity.

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