Background Childhood obesity is a serious public health challenge and schools have been
identified as an ideal place to implement prevention interventions. The aim of this study was …

Background There is some evidence that school-based interventions are effective in
preventing childhood obesity. However, longer term outcomes, equity of effects and cost …

BACKGROUND Systematic reviews suggest that school-based interventions can be
effective in preventing childhood obesity, but better-designed trials are needed that consider …

Background Approximately one-third of children in England leave primary school overweight
or obese. There is little evidence of effective obesity prevention programmes for children in …

Objectives The objective of this study is to examine, from a limited societal perspective, the
cost-effectiveness of community-based obesity prevention interventions (CBIs)-defined as a …

Effective strategies are urgently required to reduce the prevalence of obesity during growth.
Determining which strategies are most successful should also include analysis of their …

Despite methodological advances in the field of economic evaluations of interventions,
economic evaluations of obesity prevention programmes in early childhood are seldom …

This study conducted a meta-analysis on the outcome indicator of body mass index from
published school-based childhood obesity interventions done in the United States and the …

Background In the absence of rigorous evidence of cost‐effectiveness for early childhood
obesity prevention interventions, the next‐best option may be for decision‐makers to …

Abstract Background The Healthy Lifestyles Programme (HeLP) trial is being conducted to
determine whether a novel school-based intervention is effective and cost-effective in …