The burden of disease (and effect of interventions) for young people, is given less importance by the combined effect of age weighing and discounting. The principle of equal worth of people would require the same age weight for all. It remains an open questions whether the reasons given for departing from equal age weights for all are acceptable. Considering the consequences (children might be given less priority when calculating burden or effect of interventions), it could be seen as an unreasonable (and unnecessary) value judgment.