Lifestyle interventions (ie, diet and/or physical activity) are effective in delaying or preventing
the onset of diabetes and cardiovascular disease. However, policymakers must know the
cost-effectiveness of such interventions before implementing them at the large-scale
population level. This review discusses various issues (eg, characteristics, modeling, and
long-term effectiveness) in the economic evaluation of lifestyle interventions for the primary
and secondary prevention of diabetes and cardiovascular disease. The diverse nature of …

Objective: To estimate lifetime cost effectiveness of lifestyle interventions to treat overweight
and obese children, from the UK National Health Service perspective. Design: An adaptation
of the National Heart Forum economic model to predict lifetime health service costs and
outcomes of lifestyle interventions on obesity-related diseases. Setting: Hospital or
community-based weight-management programmes. Population: Hypothetical cohorts of
overweight or obese children based on body mass data from the National Child …