Managing overweight and obesity among children and young people: Review 1 - Effectiveness and cost effectiveness of lifestyle weight management services for children and young people

Morgan, Fiona ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8602-9178, Weightman, Alison Lesley ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5210-3798, Whitehead, Sarah, Brophy, Sinaed, Morgan, Helen Elizabeth, Turley, Ruth Louise ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8556-7855, Kipping, Ruth, White, James and Hollingworth, Will 2013. Managing overweight and obesity among children and young people: Review 1 - Effectiveness and cost effectiveness of lifestyle weight management services for children and young people. [Project Report]. London: NICE. Available at: https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ph47#

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Aims of the review To determine the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of lifestyle weight management services in overweight and obese children and young people under the age of 18. Research questions Question 1 How effective and cost effective are lifestyle weight management programmes in helping overweight or obese children and young people to achieve and maintain a healthy weight? Question 2 What are the essential components of an effective and cost-effective lifestyle weight management programme for overweight and obese children and young people? Question 3 How does effectiveness and cost effectiveness vary for different population groups? (Examples may include children and young people from different black and minority ethnic groups, from low-income groups, of different ages or genders, or with special needs.) Question 4 What are the most effective and cost effective ways of addressing and sustaining behavioural change among overweight and obese children and young people using community-based weight management programmes? Question 5 How does the inclusion of parents, carers and the wider family impact on the effectiveness of community-based weight management programmes for children and young people? Question 6 How can more overweight and obese children and young people be encouraged to join, and adhere to, lifestyle weight management programmes?

Item Type:	Monograph (Project Report)
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Development and Evaluation of Complex Interventions for Public Health Improvement (DECIPHer) Healthcare Sciences Social Sciences (Includes Criminology and Education) Academic & Student Support Service
Subjects:	R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
Publisher:	NICE
Funders:	NICE
Related URLs:	http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ph47/cha...
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	30 March 2016
Last Modified:	14 May 2024 15:28
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/69786

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