Background Given escalating rates of chronic disease, broad-reach and cost-effective
interventions to increase physical activity and improve dietary intake are needed. The cost-
effectiveness of a Telephone Counselling intervention to improve physical activity and diet,
targeting adults with established chronic diseases in a low socio-economic area of a major
Australian city was examined. Methodology/Principal Findings A cost-effectiveness
modelling study using data collected between February 2005 and November 2007 from a …

Background: Given escalating rates of chronic disease, broad-reach and cost-effective
interventions to increase physical activity and improve dietary intake are needed. The cost-
effectiveness of a Telephone Counselling intervention to improve physical activity and diet,
targeting adults with established chronic diseases in a low socio-economic area of a major
Australian city was examined. Methodology/Principal Findings: A cost-effectiveness
modelling study using data collected between February 2005 and November 2007 from a …