ArticleAmerican journal of public health2008
Public health interventions for addressing childhood overweight: analysis of the business case.
Article in American journal of public health, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03215641 (Effect of Personal Activity Trackers on Weight Loss in Children Enrolled in a Comprehensive Behavioral Family Lifestyle Intervention), which is not on this map. Cited by 25 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Effect of Personal Activity Trackers on Weight Loss in Children Enrolled in a Comprehensive Behavioral Family Lifestyle Intervention (CBFLI) Program
Who cites it
25 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Using cost-effectiveness analysis to prioritize policy and programmatic approaches to physical activity promotion and obesity prevention in childhood.Preventive medicine · 2017Pooled it
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- Cost-Effectiveness of a Clinical Childhood Obesity Intervention.Pediatrics · 2017Trial
- Studying the impact of COVID-19 mitigation policies on childhood obesity, health behaviors, and disparities in an observational cohort: Protocol for the COVID-19 Family Study.Contemporary clinical trials · 2024Article
- Limiting Television to Reduce Childhood Obesity: Cost-Effectiveness of Five Population Strategies.Childhood obesity (Print) · 2021Article
- The Short-Term Value of the "Healthy Primary School of the Future" Initiative: A Social Return on Investment Analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2020Article
- Shape Up Somerville's return on investment: Multi-group exposure generates net-benefits in a child obesity intervention.Preventive medicine reports · 2019Article
- Childhood and Adolescent Obesity in the United States: A Public Health Concern.Global pediatric health · 2019Review
- Healthcare utilisation and expenditure of overweight and non-overweight children.Journal of epidemiology and community health · 2018Article
- The Impact of Childhood Obesity on Health and Health Service Use.Health services research · 2018Article
- Understanding health policy to improve primary care management of obesity.The Nurse practitioner · 2018Article
- Effect of personal activity trackers on weight loss in families enrolled in a comprehensive behavioral family-lifestyle intervention program in the Federally Qualified Health Center setting: a randomized controlled trial.Contemporary clinical trials communications · 2017Article
- Cost Effectiveness of Childhood Obesity Interventions: Evidence and Methods for CHOICES.American journal of preventive medicine · 2015Article
- Preventing Obesity in the USA: Impact on Health Service Utilization and Costs.PharmacoEconomics · 2015Article
- Cost Effectiveness of a Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Excise Tax in the U.S.American journal of preventive medicine · 2015Review
- Association between childhood obesity and use of regular medications in the UK: longitudinal cohort study of children aged 5-11 years.BMJ open · 2015Observational
- The cost-effectiveness of New York City's Safe Routes to School Program.American journal of public health · 2014Article
- Designing insurance to promote use of childhood obesity prevention services.Journal of obesity · 2013Review
- The association of state law to physical education time allocation in US public schools.American journal of public health · 2012Article
- The health care cost implications of overweight and obesity during childhood.Health services research · 2012Article
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Abstract
We investigated the appropriateness of basing childhood obesity interventions on expectations of return on investment (ROI). We show that excess weight is indeed associated with greater medical expenditures even among children and adolescents. However, under current best practices, it is unlikely that interventions will be able to meet the level of effectiveness required at a low enough implementation cost to show positive ROI. The merits of childhood obesity interventions should be based on their ability to efficiently control weight and improve health compared with alternative uses for available resources. They should not be based on the potential for short-term financial savings.
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