The potential for long-term cost-effectiveness of obesity prevention interventions in the early years of life
Background Early childhood obesity prevention is gaining increasing importance, as the prevalence of children with overweight and obesity aged 5 years and under increases worldwide. Along with understanding the effectiveness of obesity interventions, it is important to understand the cost-effectiven...
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| Format: | Article (Journal) |
| Language: | English |
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27 February 2019
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Pediatric obesity
Year: 2019, Volume: 14, Issue: 8 |
| ISSN: | 2047-6310 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/ijpo.12517 |
| Online Access: | Verlag, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1111/ijpo.12517 Verlag, Volltext: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/ijpo.12517 
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| Author Notes: | Vicki Brown, Jaithri Ananthapavan, Diana Sonntag, Eng Joo Tan, Alison Hayes, Marj Moodie |
| Summary: | Background Early childhood obesity prevention is gaining increasing importance, as the prevalence of children with overweight and obesity aged 5 years and under increases worldwide. Along with understanding the effectiveness of obesity interventions, it is important to understand the cost-effectiveness of interventions over time. Objectives To estimate the long-term health benefits and health care cost-savings of reductions in BMI for the Australian population of children aged between 2 and 5 years. Methods A proportional multistate, multiple cohort lifetable model estimated the health benefits and health care cost-savings related to hypothetical reductions in BMI, informed by a scoping review of systematic reviews reporting the effectiveness of obesity prevention interventions in preschool aged children. Results Results suggest significant potential for cost-effectiveness of obesity prevention interventions in preschool-aged children if intervention effect can be maintained. A relatively small population level reduction in BMI z-score (−0.13 BMIz) in children aged 2 to 5 years would result in 36 496 health-adjusted life years saved (95% uncertainty interval [UI], 30 283-42 945) and health care cost-savings of approximately $301 million (95% UI $234 million-$369 million) if modelled over the lifetime. Conclusions Scenario results highlight the importance of obesity intervention in the early years of life. |
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| Item Description: | Gesehen am 18.12.2019 |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 2047-6310 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/ijpo.12517 |