Valuing behavioral interventions for obesity reduction: A scoping review of economic models.

Policymakers require health economic modeling to guide their decision-making over the choice of interventions for obesity. This scoping review was undertaken to report on the health economic models in use for estimating the value of behavioral interventions (individual or population level) for obesity reduction. Electronic databases (MEDLINE, Embase, PsycINFO, EconLit, and Web of Science) were searched for publications meeting inclusion criteria from January 2015 to May 2023.

A service evaluation of the uptake and effectiveness of a digital delivery of the NHS health check service.

Objectives: To compare the uptake, effectiveness and costs of a digital version of the National Health Service (NHS) Health Check (DHC) to the standard face-to-face NHS Health Check (F2F).

Participants And Setting: A random sample of 9000 patients aged 40-74 eligible for an NHS Health Check in Southwark, England, between January and April 2023.

Intervention And Design: The DHC was an online tool with a health assessment section, an advice and support section, and a section on how to obtain and update follow-up physical measures (blood pressure, cholesterol, glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c)).