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. 2022 Sep 12;7(9):e009773. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2022-009773

Table 6.

Annual cost reductions in hypothetical scenarios 1 and 2 between 2020 and 2060

Scenario 1: reduction in projected OAO-prevalence by 5% Scenario 2: keeping OAO-prevalence among men, women, boys and girls at 2019 levels through 2060
Average annual cost reduction (billions of 2019 US$) Percentage cost reduction (%) Average annual cost reduction (billions of 2019 US$) Percentage cost reduction (%)
Income group
 Low 1.4 11.1 6.9 34.1
 Lower middle 41.2 9.3 231.2 31.6
 Upper middle 219.7 6.6 1491.1 27.4
 High 167.9 5.9 476.0 13.4
WHO region
 AFR 5.7 7.8 29.0 27.6
 EMR 12.2 4.8 44.2 12.6
 EUR 60.3 6.1 151.2 12.7
 AMR 93.9 5.1 285.7 12.7
 SEA 38.0 9.3 249.2 34.8
 WPR 220.2 7.4 1445.8 28.7

AFR, Africa; AMR, the Americas; EMR, Eastern Mediterranean; EUR, Europe; OAO, overweight and obesity; SEA, South-East Asian; WPR, Western Pacific.