An economic perspective on childhood obesity: recent findings on cost of illness and cost effectiveness of interventions.

Objective: This review aims to put an economic perspective on childhood and adolescent obesity by providing an overview on the latest literature on obesity-related costs and the cost effectiveness of interventions to prevent or manage the problem.

Methods: The review is based on a comprehensive PubMed/Medline search performed in October 2011.

Results: Findings on the economic burden of childhood obesity are inconclusive.

Smoking and health-related quality of life in English general population: implications for economic evaluations.

Background: Little is known as to how health-related quality of life (HRQoL) when measured by generic instruments such as EQ-5D differ across smokers, ex-smokers and never-smokers in the general population; whether the overall pattern of this difference remain consistent in each domain of HRQoL; and what implications this variation, if any, would have for economic evaluations of tobacco control interventions.

Methods: Using the 2006 round of Health Survey for England data (n = 13,241), this paper aims to examine the impact of smoking status on health-related quality of life in English population. Depending upon the nature of the EQ-5D data (i.

Juvenile obesity and its association with utilisation and costs of pharmaceuticals--results from the KiGGS study.

Background: According to a national reference, 15% of German children and adolescents are overweight (including obese) and 6.3% are obese. An earlier study analysed the impact of childhood overweight and obesity on different components of direct medical costs (physician, hospital and therapists).

Relative weight-related costs of healthcare use by children--results from the two German birth cohorts, GINI-plus and LISA-plus.

Obesity among children and adolescents is a growing public health burden. According to a national reference among German children and adolescents aged 3-17 years, 15% are overweight (including obese) and 6.3% are obese.

Costing of physical activity programmes in primary prevention: a review of the literature.

This literature review aims to analyse the costing methodology in economic analyses of primary preventive physical activity programmes. It demonstrates the usability of a recently published theoretical framework in practice, and may serve as a guide for future economic evaluation studies and for decision making.A comprehensive literature search was conducted to identify all relevant studies published before December 2009.

The impact of BMI on direct costs in children and adolescents: empirical findings for the German Healthcare System based on the KiGGS-study.

Background: Childhood obesity is a growing public health burden. Among German children and adolescents, 15% are overweight (including obese) and 6.3% are obese according to a national reference.

Economic evaluation and transferability of physical activity programmes in primary prevention: a systematic review.

This systematic review aims to assess the characteristics of, and the clinical and economic evidence provided by, economic evaluations of primary preventive physical exercise interventions, and to analyse their transferability to Germany using recommended checklists. Fifteen economic evaluations from seven different countries met eligibility criteria, with seven of the fifteen providing high economic evidence in the special country context. Most of the identified studies conclude that the investigated intervention provide good value for money compared with alternatives.

Recent economic findings on childhood obesity: cost-of-illness and cost-effectiveness of interventions.

Purpose Of Review: The rising prevalence of obesity amongst children and adolescents is a growing public health burden. This study reviews recent studies, first, examining the economic consequences of childhood obesity, and, second, evaluating the cost-effectiveness of programs to prevent and to manage childhood obesity.

Recent Findings: Evidence of the impact of childhood obesity on healthcare costs for children is ambiguous.

Modelling the prevalence and cost of back pain with neuropathic components in the general population.

Background: Although there is increasing knowledge of the prevalence of neuropathic pain, little has been done to isolate the cost of neuropathic pain, especially with reference to the frequent complaint of back pain.

Aims: To estimate the prevalence of neuropathic components in back pain and associated costs.

Methods: We used available epidemiological data to model the prevalence of neuropathic back pain in the general adult population, combining three studies: painDETECT 1, painDETECT 2, and the German back pain research network (GBPRN) study, representing a total of 21,047 subjects.

Costs of back pain in Germany.

With 12-month prevalence rates of more than 70%, back pain is currently one of the major health problems for German adults and entails major economic consequences. The aim of this study was to estimate back pain-related costs from a societal perspective and to determine the impact of sociodemographic variables on costs. Based on back pain-related survey data of a large German adult sample (9267 respondents, response rate 60%), costs were assessed using a prevalence-based bottom-up approach.