Objective: To assess the cost‐effectiveness and cost‐benefit of Planet Health, a school‐
based intervention designed to reduce obesity in youth of middle‐school age children …

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: A school‐based obesity prevention study (Medical College of
Georgia FitKid Project) started in the fall of 2003 in 18 elementary schools. Half of the …

Objectives To assess the economic effect of the school-based obesity prevention program
Planet Health on preventing disordered weight control behaviors and to determine the cost …

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 …

Objective To estimate the long-term cost-effectiveness of an obesity prevention nutrition
education curriculum (Food, Health, & Choices) as delivered to all New York City fifth-grade …

Objectives. In light of the alarming increase in childhood obesity and lack of evidence for the
effectiveness of school programs, we studied the effects of school programs in regard to …

Background Rapid changes in lifestyle have led to a global obesity epidemic.
Understanding the economic burden associated with the obesity epidemic is essential to …

We investigated the appropriateness of basing childhood obesity interventions on
expectations of return on investment (ROI). We show that excess weight is indeed …

Introduction The childhood obesity epidemic continues in the US, and fiscal crises are
leading policymakers to ask not only whether an intervention works but also whether it offers …

PURPOSE: Using data from the 2000 National Medical Expenditure Panel Survey and
estimates from published studies, this study projected the long-term health and economic …