Cost-Effectiveness of a Novel Sleep Intervention in Infancy to Prevent Overweight in Childhood.

Eng Joo Tan Rachael W TaylorBarry J TaylorVictoria Brown Alison J Hayes

Published in: Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) (2020)

The POI Sleep intervention, without additional advice, was a low-cost and cost-effective approach to reducing childhood obesity. Sleep modification programs offer a very promising approach to obesity prevention in children.

Keyphrases

low cost
physical activity
sleep quality
weight gain
randomized controlled trial
weight loss
metabolic syndrome
insulin resistance
young adults
type diabetes
public health
body mass index
depressive symptoms