Applying data envelopment analysis to preventive medicine: a novel method for constructing a personalized risk model of obesity.

Applying data envelopment analysis to preventive medicine: a novel method for constructing a personalized risk model of obesity.

Data envelopment analysis (DEA) is a method of operations research that has not yet been applied in the field of obesity research. However, DEA might be used to evaluate individuals' susceptibility to obesity, which could help establish effective risk models for the onset of obesity. Therefore,...

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Main Authors: Hiroto Narimatsu, Yoshinori Nakata, Sho Nakamura, Hidenori Sato, Ri Sho, Katsumi Otani, Ryo Kawasaki, Isao Kubota, Yoshiyuki Ueno, Takeo Kato, Hidetoshi Yamashita, Akira Fukao, Takamasa Kayama
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4431757?pdf=render

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