Three Interventions That Reduce Childhood Obesity Are Projected To Save More Than They Cost To Implement.

ABSTRACT: Policy makers seeking to reduce childhood obesity must prioritize investment in treatment and primary prevention. We estimated the cost-effectiveness of seven interventions high on the obesity policy agenda: a sugar-sweetened beverage excise tax; elimination of the tax subsidy for advertising unhealthy food to children; restaurant menu calorie labeling; nutrition standards for school meals; nutrition standards for all other food and beverages sold in schools; improved early care and education; and increased access to adolescent bariatric surgery. We used systematic reviews and a microsimulation model of national implementation of the interventions over the period 2015-25 to estimate their impact on obesity prevalence and their cost-effectiveness for reducing the body mass index of individu

SUBMITTER: Gortmaker SL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9627551 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature