Cost-Effectiveness and Long-Term Savings of the Bright Bodies Intervention for Childhood Obesity.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To estimate the cost and cost-effectiveness of Bright Bodies, a high-intensity, family-based intervention that has been demonstrated to improve body mass index (BMI) among children with obesity in a randomized controlled trial.

Methods

We developed a microsimulation model to project 10-year BMI trajectories of 8 to 16-year-old children with obesity, using data from the National Longitudinal Surveys and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention growth charts, and we validated the model using data from the Bright Bodies trial and a follow-up study. We used the trial data to estimate the average reduction in BMI per person-year over 10 years and the incremental costs of Bright Bodies, compared with the traditional clinical weight management (control), from a health

SUBMITTER: Pryor S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10518029 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature