Obesity

What research knows about obesity comes from people who live with it. Here is how many do, what records they usually have, and what sharing yours is worth.

Living with it

1.1 billion

People living with obesity, worldwide

source

New diagnoses

28.1/1000 PYs

Incidence of obesity among US adults without obesity, 2001 to 2017

source

How rare

Common

about 1400 in 10,000 people

source source source

What patients usually have

The records behind obesity

Fasting blood glucose
Lab results
at the obesity work-up (no repeat interval given)
guideline
Serum lipid profile
Lab results
at the obesity work-up (no repeat interval given)
guideline
Liver function tests
Lab results
at the obesity work-up (no repeat interval given)
guideline
Height, weight and waist circumference measurements
Health record extract
at suitable opportunities
guideline
Weight-management medicine response check (prescription history)
Medication history
after 6 months of treatment
guideline
Regular review of weight-management medicines
Medication history
regular review
guideline

What sharing it is worth

$65

per licence for a complete story and one year of these records, $65 to $754

Value your own data

Your health story$23how
Lab resultsx4$0.73how
Medication historyx2$4.05how
Richness premium (3 kinds of data linked)x2.33how

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Obesity

What research knows about obesity comes from people who live with it. Here is how many do, what records they usually have, and what sharing yours is worth.

Living with it

1.1 billion

People living with obesity, worldwide

source

New diagnoses

28.1/1000 PYs

Incidence of obesity among US adults without obesity, 2001 to 2017

source

How rare

Common

about 1400 in 10,000 people

source source source

What patients usually have

The records behind obesity

Fasting blood glucose
Lab results
at the obesity work-up (no repeat interval given)
guideline
Serum lipid profile
Lab results
at the obesity work-up (no repeat interval given)
guideline
Liver function tests
Lab results
at the obesity work-up (no repeat interval given)
guideline
Height, weight and waist circumference measurements
Health record extract
at suitable opportunities
guideline
Weight-management medicine response check (prescription history)
Medication history
after 6 months of treatment
guideline
Regular review of weight-management medicines
Medication history
regular review
guideline

What sharing it is worth

$65

per licence for a complete story and one year of these records, $65 to $754

Value your own data

Your health story$23how
Lab resultsx4$0.73how
Medication historyx2$4.05how
Richness premium (3 kinds of data linked)x2.33how

A benchmark from published prices, not a promise: contributors earn a share each time a licence includes their data. How the benchmark works · What health data sells for

Share your story about obesity All conditions