The cost-effectiveness of a successful community-based obesity prevention program: the Be Active Eat Well program
- Moodie, Marjory L.
- Herbert, Jessica K.
- de Silva-Sanigorski, Andrea M.
- Mavoa, Helen M.
- Keating, Catherine L.
- Carter, Robert C.
- Waters, Elizabeth
- Gibbs, Lisa
- Swinburn, Boyd A.
Publication date
October 2013
DOI Publisher
Wiley ISSN
1930-7381 Citation count (estimate)
21Abstract
Objective: To examine the cost-effectiveness of Be Active Eat Well (BAEW), a large, multifaceted, community-based capacity-building demonstration program that promoted healthy eating and physical activity for Australian children aged 4-12 years between 2003 and 2006. Conclusion: BAEW was affordable and cost-effective, and generated substantial spin-offs in terms of activity beyond funding levels. Elements fundamental to its success and any potential cost efficiencies associated with scaling-up now require identification.</div
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