Question

Consider a health policy that aims to reduce obesity in society and thereby reduce the rate of cardiac disease in 20 years’ time. Discuss the issues associated with conducting a cost-benefit analysis from economics into this policy proposal. Your answer should include discussion of quantifying benefits and costs as well as other technical issues that would need to be dealt with

Answer 1

PAGE: Noi - 1 - Ans At the Queens land obesity summit in 2006, the Premier allocated $21 million to be used in grant funding. partnership and other resources to promote healthy eating habits and increase physical activity. Following the summit, the premier has established the obesity task force and Eat Well, Be active as possitives initiative towards preventing 'schools. Eat Well, Be Healthy kid, for life Action Plan 2005-08 was the fist initiative relating to unhealthy eating and lack of physical actinity comes under the initiative, relating to unhealthy eating and comes under the flagship darcy of eat well policy such as Active - Alte program, Eat well Queensland, the physical Activity and Nutrition Out of school Hours Case Program (PANOSH) program, smart Choices and smart moves. The active - Ate program conducted by Queensland Health aimed to increase the availability of Healthy food at school canteens, including the schoche breakfast program, and by so doing, seduce obesity and diabetes among children. s) Economic assesment : ců Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria : We included studies that satisfying the following criteria : (1) Obesity was defined as Bhai 30 kg/m²; (2) the estimation was based on the entire country and a representative population (3) the estimated coo could be either

PAGE. NO:-02 direct or indirect or both : (4) estimated costs wer to obesity and not overweight . Studies were excluded if they were: (1) economic evaluations such as cost effectiveness, cost utility or cost benefit analysis ; (2) Revleux notes, commentaries or editorial related to obesity Selection and Data Extraction i Following each search in the above mentioned databases the initial hits were ex posted into End Note. After semoving cere duplicates, all titles and abstracts were screended to select the relevant studies based on inclusion and exclusion criteria. => Technical issues :- û Meclical Advantage_Innovation - Medical Advantage invests in new, innovative programs and Work hard to improve how care is delivered, lower the cost case and lead to healthy outcomes for patients. (in Social Barriers influencing Health & The idea that we grow , live , world and ploy con shape our. health isn't new. But by addressing these social and economic factors, we can help people in their communition became healther.

PAGE- No:-03 mano portation Team Conce policiel eacreation Potential environmental Strategies to control obesity Area for action Examples of potential Strategies I in Urban design and transportation (a) Constructing of sale walk- -ways and kycke paths. (11 Community I w Economic incentives - centres ca Subsidies for producers of low energy dense foods (6) Tax breaks for companies . that provide exercise and change foscilitice for employee (i) Education and Promotion | can improved education of the community on the development of obesity to reduce ! Victimisation of the obese. PREPARATERRES BR (b) Education on the need for collective action to Vimprove our environment so that it promotes E BBE !