Cost-effectiveness of interventions to promote fruit and vegetable consumption.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Fruits and vegetables are an essential part of the human diet, but many people do not consume the recommended serves to prevent cardiovascular disease and cancer. In this research, we evaluate the cost-effectiveness of interventions to promote fruit and vegetable consumption to determine which interventions are good value for money, and by how much current strategies can reduce the population disease burden.

Methods/principal findings

In a review of published literature, we identified 23 interventions for promoting fruit and vegetable intake in the healthy adult population that have sufficient evidence for cost-effectiveness analysis. For each intervention, we model the health impacts in disability-adjusted life years (DALYs), the costs of intervention and the pot

SUBMITTER: Cobiac LJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2994753 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature