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Cost Effectiveness of Childhood Obesity Interventions Evidence and Methods for CHOICES

Overview of attention for article published in American Journal of Preventive Medicine, July 2015
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Title
Cost Effectiveness of Childhood Obesity Interventions Evidence and Methods for CHOICES
Published in
American Journal of Preventive Medicine, July 2015
DOI 10.1016/j.amepre.2015.03.032
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Authors

Steven L. Gortmaker, Michael W. Long, Stephen C. Resch, Zachary J. Ward, Angie L. Cradock, Jessica L. Barrett, Davene R. Wright, Kendrin R. Sonneville, Catherine M. Giles, Rob C. Carter, Marj L. Moodie, Gary Sacks, Boyd A. Swinburn, Amber Hsiao, Seanna Vine, Jan Barendregt, Theo Vos, Y. Claire Wang

Abstract

The childhood obesity epidemic continues in the U.S., and fiscal crises are leading policymakers to ask not only whether an intervention works but also whether it offers value for money. However, cost-effectiveness analyses have been limited. This paper discusses methods and outcomes of four childhood obesity interventions: (1) sugar-sweetened beverage excise tax (SSB); (2) eliminating tax subsidy of TV advertising to children (TV AD); (3) early care and education policy change (ECE); and (4) active physical education (Active PE). Cost-effectiveness models of nationwide implementation of interventions were estimated for a simulated cohort representative of the 2015 U.S. population over 10 years (2015-2025). A societal perspective was used; future outcomes were discounted at 3%. Data were analyzed in 2014. Effectiveness, implementation, and equity issues were reviewed. Population reach varied widely, and cost per BMI change ranged from $1.16 (TV AD) to $401 (Active PE). At 10 years, assuming maintenance of the intervention effect, three interventions would save net costs, with SSB and TV AD saving $55 and $38 for every dollar spent. The SSB intervention would avert disability-adjusted life years, and both SSB and TV AD would increase quality-adjusted life years. Both SSB ($12.5 billion) and TV AD ($80 million) would produce yearly tax revenue. The cost effectiveness of these preventive interventions is greater than that seen for published clinical interventions to treat obesity. Cost-effectiveness evaluations of childhood obesity interventions can provide decision makers with information demonstrating best value for the money.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United Kingdom 1 <1%
Chile 1 <1%
Unknown 302 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 56 18%
Researcher 39 13%
Student > Bachelor 29 10%
Student > Ph. D. Student 25 8%
Student > Doctoral Student 18 6%
Other 55 18%
Unknown 82 27%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 60 20%
Nursing and Health Professions 45 15%
Social Sciences 33 11%
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 18 6%
Psychology 11 4%
Other 35 12%
Unknown 102 34%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 109. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 01 March 2022.
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#384,424
of 25,374,647 outputs
Outputs from American Journal of Preventive Medicine
#420
of 5,271 outputs
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#4,041
of 277,613 outputs
Outputs of similar age from American Journal of Preventive Medicine
#14
of 105 outputs
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