Background A systematic review and economic evaluation was commissioned to determine
the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of bariatric surgery for mild [class I, body mass index …

… We excluded training costs from our primary analysis, consistent with the conventional
framework for economic evaluation that these were start-up fixed costs that would not vary …

… reluctance to use economic evaluations and decision analyses, efforts to address these
problems, and recommendations for analysts to facilitate the use of prevention-effectiveness …

… The economic evaluation of childhood obesity interventions … of economic evaluation as an
aid to decision making. … for childhood and adolescent obesity prevention identified more than …

… RCTs and economic evaluations in UK settings (eg Tier 3, commercial programmes or
primary care) should evaluate VLCDs with long-term follow-up (≥ 5 years). Decision models …

… Most economic evaluations of T2D prevention programmes … economic evaluation studies
of lifestyle interventions for the primary prevention of T2D and also for the control of obesity as …

… evidence from economic evaluations of interventions … Studies were eligible if they evaluated
interventions targeting … of the type of economic evaluation or the underpinning study design. …

… of CBIs for childhood obesity prevention, there are mixed findings on their economic credentials
[12]. A recent review identified 11 economic evaluations of CBIs and reported promising …

… effective at preventing obesity. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
and others are funding the implementation and evaluation of new obesity prevention policies, …

… An economic evaluation was performed using decision modelling techniques. Outcomes
were expressed in terms of Quality-Adjusted Life-Years (QALYs) and costs were estimated from …