ArticleObesity (Silver Spring, Md.)2021
Comparative Costs of a Parent-Only and Parent and Child Treatment for Children with Overweight or Obesity.
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- Pilot Randomised Controlled Trial of the Feasibility and Acceptability of Family-Based Time Limited Eating to Treat Obesity.Pediatric obesity · 2026Trial
- Parents in peer delivery of family-based behavioral pediatric weight management: the SHIFT randomized noninferiority trial.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2025Trial
- Parent Weight, Diet, Active Living, and Food-Related Outcomes of the Family-Focused:NU-HOME Randomized Controlled Trial: NU-HOME Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics · 2023Trial
- Towards a Multi-sectoral Approach to Population Health: A Scoping Review of Cross-sectoral Evaluations of Health Interventions.Applied health economics and health policy · 2026Review
- Cost-effectiveness analysis of individual-level obesity treatment in paediatrics: A scoping review.Pediatric obesity · 2024Article
- The effect of parental diabetes prevention program participation on weight loss in dependent children: a prospective cohort study.Clinical diabetes and endocrinology · 2023Article
- A budget impact analysis of cost to implement a whole child health focused, family-based intervention in primary care for children with elevated BMI.Implementation science communications · 2023Article
- Design of the FRESH-DOSE study: A randomized controlled noninferiority trial evaluating a guided self-help family-based treatment program for children with overweight or obesity.Contemporary clinical trials · 2023Article
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Abstract
objectiveModels such as family-based treatment (FBT), delivered to both the parent and child, are considered the most efficacious intervention for children with obesity. However, recent research suggests that parent-based treatment (PBT; or parent-only treatment) is noninferior to FBT. The aim of this study was to evaluate the comparative costs of the FBT and PBT models.
methodsA total of 150 children with overweight and obesity and their parents were randomized to one of two 6-month treatment programs (FBT or PBT). Data was collected at baseline, during treatment, and following treatment, and and trial-based analyses of the costs were conducted from a health care sector perspective and a limited societal perspective.
resultsResults suggest that PBT, compared with FBT, had lower costs per parent-child dyad from the health care sector perspective (PBT = $2,886; FBT = $3,899) and from a limited societal perspective (PBT = $3,231; FBT = $4,279).
conclusionsThese findings suggest that a PBT intervention has lower costs and is noninferior to an FBT intervention for both child and parent weight loss.
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