141st APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition

Home Events & Meetings Annual Meeting Schedule & Program

Recorded Annual Meeting Presentations (RAMP) are now available for purchase.
Only $90 for presenters, $140 for registered attendees and $200 for non-attendees.

Online Program

4108.0
Modeling the cost effectiveness of childhood obesity interventions and policies: an evaluation of methods to evaluate four strategies in the United States

Tuesday, November 5, 2013: 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Oral
Little serious discussion has taken place about the relative costs or cost-effectiveness of strategies to prevent childhood obesity. Communities have limited resources they can employ to address the explosion in childhood obesity, and scanty, often inaccurate information about how best to invest resources. What is critically needed is a common set of metrics and a clear strategy for evaluating child and youth obesity interventions in order to determine which strategies achieve the greatest impact for the lowest cost. The panel proposes to present methods to evaluate childhood obesity interventions/policies from a cost effectiveness perspective, highlighting the application of this methodology to four separate policies/interventions.
Session Objectives: Panel attendees will be able to: 1. Describe the usefulness of cost effectiveness analysis to evaluate and compare childhood obesity prevention strategies 2. Identify methods for evaluating cost effectiveness of childhood obesity prevention efforts 3. Identify the comparative cost effectiveness of 4 childhood obesity prevention strategies
Moderator:
Steven L. Gortmaker, PhD
Organizer:
Steven L. Gortmaker, PhD

10:30am
Cost-effectiveness of a sugar-sweetened beverage excise tax in the United States   
Michael Long, ScD, Steven Gortmaker, PhD, Zachary Ward, MPH, Stephen Resch, Ph.D., Marj Moodie, Dr.PH, Gary Sacks, PhD, Boyd Swinburn, PhD, Robert Carter, Ph.D. and Y. Claire Wang, MD, ScD
     
  
10:50am
Cost-effectiveness of a state policy requiring minimum levels of moderate and vigorous physical activity during elementary school physical education classes   
Jessica L. Barrett, MPH, Steven L. Gortmaker, PhD, Michael W. Long, SD, Zachary Ward, MPH, Marj L. Moodie, DrPH, Robert C. Carter, PhD, Gary Sacks, PhD, Boyd Swinburn, PhD, Y. Claire Wang, MD, ScD and Angie L. Cradock, ScD
     
  
11:10am
Potential impact of eliminating the tax subsidy of food and beverage television advertising directed at children and adolescents on BMI, dalys and healthcare costs in the United States   
Kendrin Sonneville, RD, ScD, Michael W. Long, SD, Zachary Ward, MPH, Stephen Resch, Ph.D., Y. Claire Wang, MD, ScD, Jennifer L. Pomeranz, JD, MPH, Samantha Graff, JD, Marj L. Moodie, DrPH, Robert C. Carter, PhD, Gary Sacks, PhD, Boyd Swinburn, PhD and Steven L. Gortmaker, PhD
     
  
11:30am
Impact and cost-effectiveness of childcare center policy changes on BMI and healthcare costs in the United States   
Davene R. Wright, PhD, Erica L. Kenney, ScD, Catherine M. Giles, MPH, Michael W. Long, SD, Zachary Ward, MPH, Stephen Resch, Ph.D., Marj Moodie, Dr.PH, Robert Carter, Ph.D., Y. Claire Wang, MD, ScD, Gary Sacks, PhD, Boyd Swinburn, PhD, Angie L. Cradock, ScD and Steven L. Gortmaker, PhD
     
  

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: Food and Nutrition
Endorsed by: Medical Care, Asian Pacific Islander Caucus for Public Health, Community Health Planning and Policy Development

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH)

See more of: Food and Nutrition