- Title Pages
- Acknowledgements
- Contributors
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Prevalence and trends in childhood obesity
- Chapter 2 Prevalence and trends in adult obesity in affluent countries
- Chapter 3 Physical health consequences of child and adolescent obesity
- Chapter 4 Health consequences of overweight and obesity in adults
- Chapter 5 Psychosocial issues in obese children and adults
- Chapter 6 Health economic burden of obesity – an international perspective
- Chapter 7 The role of nutrition and physical activity in the obesity epidemic
- Chapter 8 The role of socio-cultural factors in the obesity epidemic
- Chapter 9 Evolving environmental factors in the obesity epidemic
- Chapter 10 The implications of the nutrition transition for obesity in the developing world
- Chapter 11 Population approaches to promote healthful eating behaviours
- Chapter 12 Population approaches to increasing physical activity and reducing sedentary behaviour among children and adults
- Chapter 13 Population approaches to obesity prevention
- Chapter 14 The role of surgical, pharmacological, and other treatment options
- Chapter 15 The cost-effectiveness of obesity prevention
- Chapter 16 Drawing possible lessons for obesity prevention and control from the tobacco-control experience<sup>1</sup>
- Chapter 17 The role of parents in preventing child overweight and obesity: An ecological approach
- Chapter 18 The potential for policy initiatives to address the obesity epidemic: A legal perspective from the United States
- Chapter 19 The potential of food regulation as a policy instrument for obesity prevention in developing countries
- Chapter 20 What role can urban planning and transportation policy play in the prevention of obesity?
- Chapter 21 Can fiscal approaches help to reduce obesity risk?
- Chapter 22 Social marketing approaches to obesity prevention
- Chapter 23 Community interventions and initiatives to prevent obesity
- Chapter 24 The food and beverage industry’s efforts regarding obesity prevention
- Chapter 25 The need for courageous action to prevent obesity
- Chapter 26 Conclusion: Obesity and its prevention in the 21st century
- Index
The cost-effectiveness of obesity prevention
The cost-effectiveness of obesity prevention
- Chapter:
- (p.237) Chapter 15 The cost-effectiveness of obesity prevention
- Source:
- Obesity Epidemiology
- Author(s):
Rob Carter
Marj Moodie
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
This chapter explores the economics of obesity prevention, particularly the available evidence on the cost-effectiveness of interventions and how the economic credentials for obesity prevention might be developed. It begins with a discussion of the contribution that the discipline of economics can make to an understanding of obesity prevention, explaining the separate but related tasks of description, prediction, and evaluation. Using these concepts, the chapter then explores what is known about the economics of obesity prevention. First, the depth and quality of the available economic literature on obesity is reviewed, and then Australia is used as a case study to illustrate the application of economic methods to describe the disease burden and to evaluate options for change.
Keywords: obesity prevention, public health intervention, health economics, Australia, disease burden
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- Title Pages
- Acknowledgements
- Contributors
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Prevalence and trends in childhood obesity
- Chapter 2 Prevalence and trends in adult obesity in affluent countries
- Chapter 3 Physical health consequences of child and adolescent obesity
- Chapter 4 Health consequences of overweight and obesity in adults
- Chapter 5 Psychosocial issues in obese children and adults
- Chapter 6 Health economic burden of obesity – an international perspective
- Chapter 7 The role of nutrition and physical activity in the obesity epidemic
- Chapter 8 The role of socio-cultural factors in the obesity epidemic
- Chapter 9 Evolving environmental factors in the obesity epidemic
- Chapter 10 The implications of the nutrition transition for obesity in the developing world
- Chapter 11 Population approaches to promote healthful eating behaviours
- Chapter 12 Population approaches to increasing physical activity and reducing sedentary behaviour among children and adults
- Chapter 13 Population approaches to obesity prevention
- Chapter 14 The role of surgical, pharmacological, and other treatment options
- Chapter 15 The cost-effectiveness of obesity prevention
- Chapter 16 Drawing possible lessons for obesity prevention and control from the tobacco-control experience<sup>1</sup>
- Chapter 17 The role of parents in preventing child overweight and obesity: An ecological approach
- Chapter 18 The potential for policy initiatives to address the obesity epidemic: A legal perspective from the United States
- Chapter 19 The potential of food regulation as a policy instrument for obesity prevention in developing countries
- Chapter 20 What role can urban planning and transportation policy play in the prevention of obesity?
- Chapter 21 Can fiscal approaches help to reduce obesity risk?
- Chapter 22 Social marketing approaches to obesity prevention
- Chapter 23 Community interventions and initiatives to prevent obesity
- Chapter 24 The food and beverage industry’s efforts regarding obesity prevention
- Chapter 25 The need for courageous action to prevent obesity
- Chapter 26 Conclusion: Obesity and its prevention in the 21st century
- Index
