There were large differences in the projected
population reach of the interventions (Exhibit 1).
The reach of bariatric surgery, the smallest, was
very limited, even assuming a fourfold increase
in the number of adolescents who receive the
procedure. The most recent national data indicatethat in 2012, among adolescents classified
as having grade 3 obesity (a BMI of roughly 40 or
above), fewer than two in a thousand received
the procedure (Appendix A8).11 The largest population
reaches occurred with interventions that
would affect the whole population, such as the
sugar-sweetened beverage excise tax and restaurant
menu calorie labeling—both of which would
reach 307 million people.