The effect of psychological interventions targeting overweight and obesity in school-aged children: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Multi-component psychological interventions may mitigate overweight and obesity in children and adolescents. Evidence is, however, scattered on the effectiveness of such interventions. This study aims to review the available evidence on the effectiveness of multi-component psychological interventions on anthropometric measures of school-aged children with overweight or obesity.

Methods

We systematically searched international databases/search engines including PubMed and NLM Gateway (for MEDLINE), Web of Science, SCOPUS, and Google Scholar up to November 2022 for relevant articles pertaining to psychological weight-loss interventions targeting school-aged children. Two reviewers screened and extracted pertinent data. The quality of included studies was assessed us

SUBMITTER: Baygi F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10398924 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature