Kraak, VivicaEnglund, Tessa R.Zhou, MiDuffey, Kiyah J.2019-10-032019-10-032017-03http://hdl.handle.net/10919/94344Introduction Obesity and diet-related non-communicable diseases (NCD) are serious public health challenges that have created an enormous financial burden on the United States (U.S) health care system. The United States spends an estimated $190 billion annually on obesity-related costs, representing about 20 percent of all medical spending. Childhood obesity is responsible for more than $14 billion dollars in direct medical costs...application/pdfenIn CopyrightReport2019-10-03Kraak, Vivica [0000-0002-9303-5530]