Lifetime cost effectiveness of a through-school nutrition and physical programme: Project Energize

Obesity Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Rush, Elaine ^a   Obolonkin, Victor ^a   McLennan, Stephanie ^b   Graham, David ^c,d   Harris, James D ^e   Mernagh, Paul ^e   Weston, Adèle R ^e  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^b Sport Waikato   (New Zealand)

^c WAIKATO HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^e OPTUM   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Cost effectiveness; Health treatment costs; Obesity prevention; Quality adjusted life years

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ETHNICITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; NEW ZEALAND; NUTRITION; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROJECT ENERGIZE; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS; WEIGHT GAIN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEALTH EDUCATION; MALE; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOLOGY; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STUDENT;

BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD NUTRITION SCIENCES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS;

EID: 84898834661     PISSN: 1871403X     EISSN: 18780318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orcp.2013.03.005     Document Type: Article

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