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 examine the cost‐effectiveness of Be Active Eat Well (BAEW), a large,
multifaceted, community‐based capacity‐building demonstration program that promoted …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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

Prevention of childhood obesity is a global priority. The school setting offers access to large
numbers of children and the ability to provide supportive environments for quality physical …

The objective of this study was to assess from a societal perspective the cost‐effectiveness
of the Active After‐school Communities (AASC) program, a key plank of the former …

What is already known about this subject Childhood obesity has been increasing over
decades and scalable, population‐wide solutions are urgently needed to reverse this trend …

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