Abstract
Objective
Methods
Results
Conclusions
Keywords
Purchase one-time access:
Academic & Personal: 24 hour online accessCorporate R&D Professionals: 24 hour online accessOne-time access price info
- For academic or personal research use, select 'Academic and Personal'
- For corporate R&D use, select 'Corporate R&D Professionals'
Subscribe:
Subscribe to Academic PediatricsReferences
- Nutrition Standards for Food in Schools: Leading the Way Toward Healthier Youth.Institute of Medicine of the National Academies, Washington, DC2007 (Available at: http://www.opi.mt.gov/PDF/schoolfood/Wellness/FoodinSchools.pdf. Accessed July 31, 2014)
- Recommendations for prevention of childhood obesity.Pediatrics. 2007; 120: S229-S253
- Health and economic burden of the projected obesity trends in the USA and the UK.Lancet. 2011; 378: 815-825
- How can healthier school snacks and beverages improve student health and help school budgets?2013 (Available at:) (Accessed July 31, 2014)
- Effect of school district policy change on consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages among high school students, Boston, Massachusetts, 2004–2006.Prev Chronic Dis. 2011; 8: A74
- Increasing consumption of fruits and vegetables in the school cafeteria: the influence of active choice.J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2013; 24: 145-157
- The implementation and effectiveness of school-based nutrition promotion programmes using a health-promoting schools approach: a systematic review.Public Health Nutr. 2013; 16: 1082-1100
- Schools Can Play a Role in Childhood Obesity Prevention.Institute of Medicine, Washington, DC2004 (Available at: https://iom.nationalacademies.org/~/media/Files/Report%20Files/2004/Pr. Accessed July 31, 2014)
- Changes in adolescents' intake of sugar-sweetened beverages and sedentary behaviour: results at 8 month mid-way assessment of the HEIA study—a comprehensive, multi-component school-based randomized trial.Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2011; 8: 63
- Reducing obesity via a school-based interdisciplinary intervention among youth: Planet Health.Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 1999; 153: 409-418
- Dutch obesity intervention in teenagers: effectiveness of a school-based program on body composition and behavior.Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2009; 163: 309-317
- Weight status among adolescents in states that govern competitive food nutrition content.Pediatrics. 2012; 130: 437-444
- The cost-effectiveness of a school-based overweight program.Int J Behav Nutr Phys Activity. 2007; 4: 47
- Economic evaluation of URMEL-ICE, a school-based overweight prevention programme comprising metabolism, exercise and lifestyle intervention in children.Eur J Health Econ. 2013; 14: 185-195
- Economic analysis of a school-based obesity prevention program.Obes Res. 2003; 11: 1313-1324
- Cost-effectiveness of a school-based obesity prevention program.J Sch Health. 2008; 78: 619-624
- Healthy Rewards: Selling healthy snack foods and beverages can be profitable. 2012 (Available at:) (Accessed July 31, 2014)
Budget cuts reach bone for Philadelphia schools. New York Times, June 17, 2013. Available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/17/education/budget-cuts-reach-bone-for-philadelphia-schools.html. Accessed July 31, 2014.
Budget cuts may threaten city programs for children. New York Times, March 5, 2012. Available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/05/nyregion/mayors-budget-cutbacks-may-threaten-city-programs-for-children.html. Accessed July 31, 2014.
- Considerations in Applying Benefit–Cost Analysis to Preventive Interventions for Children, Youth, and Families: Workshop Summary.National Academies Press, Washington, DC2014 (Available at: http://www.nap.edu/catalog/18708/considerations-in-applying-benefit-cost-analysis-to-preventive-interventions-for-children-youth-and-families. Accessed July 31, 2014)
- A randomized controlled trial of students for nutrition and exercise: a community-based participatory research study.J Adolesc Health. 2014; 3: 415-422
- Cost-Effectiveness in Health and Medicine.Oxford University Press, New York, NY1996
- Cost of talking parents, healthy teens: a worksite-based intervention to promote parent-adolescent sexual health communication.J Adolesc Health. 2013; 53: 595-601
- Methods for the Economic Evaluation of Health Care Programmes.3rd ed. Oxford University Press, New York2005
- Applied Survival Analysis: Regression Modeling of Time-to-Event Data.2nd ed. Wiley-Interscience, Hoboken, NJ2008
- Vital signs: obesity among low-income, preschool-aged children-United States, 2008–2011.MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2013; 62: 629
Fryar CD, Carroll MD, Ogden CL. Prevalence of obesity among children and adolescents: United States, trends 1963–1965 through 2009–2010. National Center for Health Statistics Health E-Stat. September 2012. Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hestat/obesity_child_09_10/obesity_child_09_10.pdf. Accessed August 8, 2015.
- Prevalence of obesity and trends in body mass index among US children and adolescents, 1999–2010.JAMA. 2012; 307: 483-490
- Health consequences of obesity.Arch Dis Child. 2003; 88: 748-752
- [Childhood body mass index and the risk of coronary heart disease in adulthood].Ugeskr Laeger. 2008; 170: 2434-2437
- Childhood obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus.Pediatrics. 2005; 116: 473-480
- Tracking of fruit and vegetable consumption from adolescence into adulthood and its longitudinal association with overweight.Br J Nutr. 2007; 98: 431-438
- The medical care costs of obesity: an instrumental variables approach.J Health Econ. 2012; 31: 219-230
- The economic burden of obesity worldwide: a systematic review of the direct costs of obesity.Obes Rev. 2011; 12: 131-141
Article info
Publication history
Footnotes
Dr Ladapo's work is supported by a K23 Career Development Award (K23 HL116787) from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI). There are no other financial disclosures to report. The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.