Dietary Choices as Prevention Measure: Assessment of Societal Effects Related to Life Expectancy in Germany

Autor: Maike Schmitt
Rok vydání: 2023
Předmět:
здоровье населения
Atmospheric Science
здоров'я населення
Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)
продуктивність неоплачуваної праці
sustainable healthcare system
Medicine (miscellaneous)
prevention
Health Information Management
Computer Science (miscellaneous)
харчування
General Materials Science
Waste Management and Disposal
стійка система охорони здоров'я
Water Science and Technology
Global and Planetary Change
societal impact
Condensed Matter Physics
Pollution
Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)
Computer Science Applications
Electronic
Optical and Magnetic Materials

nutrition
продолжительность жизни
Computational Theory and Mathematics
производительность неоплачиваемого труда
питание
unpaid work productivity
влияние на общество
тривалість життя
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Computer Networks and Communications
Materials Science (miscellaneous)
Biomedical Engineering
Health Informatics
Management
Monitoring
Policy and Law

вплив на суспільство
Biochemistry
Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)

Environmental Chemistry
indirect costs
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
косвенные расходы
Public Health
Environmental and Occupational Health

устойчивая система здравоохранения
Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
Cell Biology
дієтична поведінка
профилактика
дієтична поведінкаа
Space and Planetary Science
профілактика
diet-behaviour
life expectancy
population health
непрямі витрати
Developmental Biology
Food Science
Zdroj: Health Economics and Management Review. 4:26-38
Popis: Public health determines economic stability and growth. Inappropriate dietary behaviour induces a huge health burden across all age groups and geographical regions every year. Nutrition is one major driver to overcome non-communicable diseases and related costs. According to the World Health Organization, there is a gap in research considering the cost-effectiveness of policy nutrition interventions. The present modelling study is the first attempt to evaluate a potential nationwide shift towards healthy nutrition from a societal perspective. The scenario modelling builds on most recent findings from the research field and status quo food consumption according to national nutrition survey data. Potential age- and gender-specific gains in life expectancy due to diet improvement are evaluated for the 2019 population in Germany addressing different scenarios (optimal diet and feasible diet). Drawing on a human capital approach, the resulting health gains are translated into a societal value building on related gains in unpaid work productivity. The monetary evaluation of productivity increase is implemented according to the specialist’s approach. The potential gain in unpaid work activities related to improved nutrition, is estimated at € 5,046bn for the 2019 German population assuming an optimal diet scenario. In case of the more feasible diet scenario, additional life expectancy is lower but still valuable. Health gains are less for women as compared to men, but the societal value is higher for females due to higher societal contribution in terms of unpaid activities across all age groups. The potential health gains are highest for young age groups, but the monetary societal value for these individuals is lower due to discounting of future benefits. The study illustrates the societal value of nutrition as one dimension of preventing non-communicable diseases. Thereby, it provides valuable insights for policy decision makers to develop interventions on the population level that support transformation of the health care systems and economic structures towards a sustainable direction.
Databáze: OpenAIRE