A new CHOICES study that determines the cost-effectiveness of implementing the Healthy Weight Clinic, a primary care-based intervention for 6- to 12-year-old children with overweight or obesity, at federally qualified health centers nationally, was published today in Obesity.
Cost-effectiveness of a primary care-based Healthy Weight Clinic compared with usual care.
Sharifi M, Fiechtner LG, Barrett JL, O’Connor G, Perkins M, Reiner JF, Luo M, Taveras EM, Gortmaker SL. Obesity. 2024 Sep;32(9):1734-1744. doi: 10.1002/oby.24111.
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