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In this study, we conducted a cost-consequence analysis to evaluate the costs and the health benefits of the \u2018Planning Health in School\u2019 programme (PHS-pro) implemented in the Northern region of Portugal to 449 children of 10\u201314\u2009years old. Previous study has showed that after PHS-pro, several anthropometric measures significantly improved in the intervention group (height, waist circumference and waist-height ratio) compared with the control group, followed by significant improvements on soft drinks, fruit and vegetables daily consumptions. Costs were estimated according the two phases of the programme: designing and preparation of schools, and school setting implementation, and included all the direct costs on human and material resources. PHS-pro total costs were estimated as 7915.53\u20ac\/year with an intervention cost of 36.14\u20ac\/year\/child attending the programme. 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