Prevention of overweight and obesity in children and youth: a systematic review and meta-analysis

L Peirson, D Fitzpatrick-Lewis, K Morrison… - … Open Access Journal, 2015 - cmajopen.ca
Background One-third of Canadian children are overweight or obese. This problem carries
considerable concern for negative impacts on current and future health. Promoting healthy …

The effectiveness of health professional‐delivered interventions during the first 1000 days to prevent overweight/obesity in children: A systematic review

M Hennessy, C Heary, R Laws, L Van Rhoon… - Obesity …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Childhood obesity is a global public health challenge. Early prevention, particularly during
the first 1000 days, is advocated. Health professionals have a role to play in obesity …

Transforming Obesity Prevention for CHILDren (TOPCHILD) Collaboration: protocol for a systematic review with individual participant data meta-analysis of …

KE Hunter, BJ Johnson, L Askie, RK Golley, LA Baur… - BMJ open, 2022 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Introduction Behavioural interventions in early life appear to show some effect in reducing
childhood overweight and obesity. However, uncertainty remains regarding their overall …

[HTML][HTML] The effectiveness of pediatric obesity prevention policies: a comprehensive systematic review and dose–response meta-analysis of controlled clinical trials

S Taghizadeh, MA Farhangi - Journal of translational medicine, 2020 - Springer
Background Childhood obesity persists as a serious public health problem. In the current
meta-analysis, we summarized the results of controlled trials that evaluated the effect of …

Behavioral interventions to prevent childhood obesity: a systematic review and metaanalyses of randomized trials

CC Kamath, KS Vickers, A Ehrlich… - The Journal of …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Context: The efficacy of lifestyle interventions to encourage healthy lifestyle behaviors to
prevent pediatric obesity remains unclear. Objective: Our objective was to summarize …

Interventions aimed at preventing and reducing overweight/obesity among children and adolescents: a meta‐synthesis

A Kobes, T Kretschmer, G Timmerman… - Obesity …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The prevalence of child and adolescent obesity has been a major worldwide problem for
decades. To stop the number of youth with overweight/obesity from increasing, numerous …

Treatment of overweight and obesity in children and youth: a systematic review and meta-analysis

L Peirson, D Fitzpatrick-Lewis, K Morrison… - … Open Access Journal, 2015 - cmajopen.ca
Background Childhood obesity is a public health concern. One-third of North American
children and youth are overweight or obese. We reviewed the evidence of behavioural and …

Diet, physical activity and behavioural interventions for the treatment of overweight or obese adolescents aged 12 to 17 years

L Al‐Khudairy, E Loveman, JL Colquitt… - Cochrane database …, 1996 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Adolescent overweight and obesity has increased globally, and can be
associated with short‐and long‐term health consequences. Modifying known dietary and …

[HTML][HTML] Population-based childhood overweight prevention: outcomes of the 'Be active, eat right'study

A van Grieken, L Veldhuis, CM Renders, GJ Borsboom… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Objective An overweight prevention protocol was used in the 'Be active, eat right'study;
parents of overweight children (5 years) were offered healthy lifestyle counseling by youth …

Effectiveness of educational and lifestyle interventions to prevent paediatric obesity: systematic review and meta‐analyses of randomized and non‐randomized …

D Gori, F Guaraldi, S Cinocca, G Moser… - Obesity science & …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Objective This review and meta‐analysis aim at updating a previous meta‐analysis carried
out by Waters et al. on the efficacy of interventions aimed at preventing childhood obesity …