1Impact and costs are estimated and measured in disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) across full 2014 population in the United Kingdom. For full methodology, download the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) discussion paper Overcoming obesity: An initial economic analysis, on mckinsey.com.
2Based on the evidence rating system of the Oxford Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine.
Source: Literature review; expert interviews; McKinsey Global Institute analysis