ArticlePediatric obesity2022
Cost-effectiveness of scaling up a whole-of-community intervention: The Romp & Chomp early childhood obesity prevention intervention.
Article in Pediatric obesity, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- A systematic review of economic evidence for community-based obesity prevention interventions in children.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2023Pooled it
- A Scoping Review of the Literature on Child and/or Adolescent Health Microsimulation Models.Applied health economics and health policy · 2026Review
- Valuing Australian parent preferences for community-based nutrition and physical activity initiatives: a discrete choice experiment.Health promotion international · 2026Article
- How Is Scale Incorporated Into the Economic Evaluation of Interventions to Prevent Obesity or to Improve Obesity-Related Risk Factors: A Systematic Scoping Review.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2025Article
- Cost-effectiveness analysis of individual-level obesity treatment in paediatrics: A scoping review.Pediatric obesity · 2024Article
- Domains of Capacity Building in Whole-Systems Approaches to Prevent Obesity-A "Systematized" Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Cost-effectiveness of scaling up a whole-of-community intervention: The Romp & Chomp early childhood obesity prevention intervention.Pediatric obesity · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundGiven the high prevalence of early childhood overweight and obesity, more evidence is required to better understand the cost-effectiveness of community-wide interventions targeting obesity prevention in children aged 0-5 years.
objectivesTo assess the cost-effectiveness of the Romp & Chomp community-wide early childhood obesity prevention intervention if delivered across Australia in 2018 from a funder perspective, against a no-intervention comparator.
methodsIntervention costs were estimated in 2018 Australian dollars. The annual Early Prevention of Obesity in Childhood micro-simulation model estimated body mass index (BMI) trajectories to age 15 years, based on end of trial data at age 3.5 years. Results from modelled cost-effectiveness analyses were presented as incremental cost-effectiveness ratios (ICERs): cost per BMI unit avoided, and cost per quality-adjusted life year (QALY) gained at age 15 years.
resultsAll Australian children aged 0-5 years (n = 1 906 075) would receive the intervention. Total estimated intervention cost and annual cost per participant were AUD178 million and AUD93, respectively, if implemented nationally. The ICERs were AUD1 126 per BMI unit avoided and AUD26 399 per QALY gained (64% probability of being cost-effective measured against a AUD50 000 per QALY threshold).
conclusionsRomp & Chomp has a fair probability of being cost-effective if delivered at scale.
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