Efficacy of school-based interventions aimed at decreasing sugar-sweetened beverage consumption among adolescents: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To verify the efficacy of school-based interventions aimed at reducing sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) consumption among adolescents in order to develop or improve public health interventions.

Design

Systematic review of interventions targeting adolescents and/or the school environment.

Setting

The following databases were investigated: MEDLINE/PubMed, PsycINFO, CINAHL and EMBASE. Proquest Dissertations and Theses was also investigated for unpublished trials.

Subjects

Adolescents were defined as individuals between the ages of 12 and 17 years.

Results

A total of thirty-six studies detailing thirty-six different interventions tested among independent samples (n 152 001) were included in the review. Twenty interventions were classified as educatio

SUBMITTER: Vezina-Im LA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10261378 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature