Trial reportValue in health : the journal of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research2023
Cost-Effectiveness and Long-Term Savings of the Bright Bodies Intervention for Childhood Obesity.
Trial report in Value in health : the journal of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 8 citations in OpenAlex.
- A Systematic Review of Microsimulation Models in Cardiometabolic Disease: Model Calibration and Validation.Applied health economics and health policy · 2026Pooled it
- Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of an Intensive Lifestyle Intervention Versus Usual Care for Latino Youth With Prediabetes.Pediatric obesity · 2025Trial
- Water First School Water Promotion and Access Intervention: A Cost Analysis Study.Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics · 2025Trial
- A Scoping Review of the Literature on Child and/or Adolescent Health Microsimulation Models.Applied health economics and health policy · 2026Review
- Management of Childhood Obesity.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- Estimated Costs and Cost-Effectiveness of a Pediatric Weight Management Program.JAMA network open · 2025Article
- Improving access to first-line treatment for pediatric obesity: Lessons from the dissemination of SmartMoves.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2024Article
- Mapping IWQOL-Lite onto EQ-5D-5L and SF-6Dv2 among overweight and obese population in China.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2024Article
- A co-designed, community-based intensive health behavior intervention promotes participation and engagement in youth with risk factors for type 2 diabetes.Frontiers in clinical diabetes and healthcare · 2023Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo estimate the cost and cost-effectiveness of Bright Bodies, a high-intensity, family-based intervention that has been demonstrated to improve body mass index (BMI) among children with obesity in a randomized controlled trial.
methodsWe developed a microsimulation model to project 10-year BMI trajectories of 8 to 16-year-old children with obesity, using data from the National Longitudinal Surveys and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention growth charts, and we validated the model using data from the Bright Bodies trial and a follow-up study. We used the trial data to estimate the average reduction in BMI per person-year over 10 years and the incremental costs of Bright Bodies, compared with the traditional clinical weight management (control), from a health system's perspective in 2020 US dollars. Using results from studies of Medical Expenditure Panel Survey data, we projected the long-term obesity-related medical expenditure.
resultsIn the primary analysis, assuming depreciating effects postintervention, Bright Bodies is expected to reduce a participant's BMI by 1.67 kg/m
conclusionsAlthough resource-intensive, our findings suggest that Bright Bodies is cost-saving compared to the clinical control by averting future obesity-related healthcare costs among children with obesity.
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