Effectiveness of school-based nutrition interventions promoted in the League of Arab States: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT: Arab countries are doubly burdened with undernutrition as well as overweight and obesity. To provide guidance to those looking to address concerns of obesity and overweight among children in this region, the current review bridges an existing knowledge gap and systematically characterizes and evaluates the available scientific evidence pertaining to school-based nutrition interventions completed to date across the Arab world. Using Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines and relevant keywords, terms and phrases, a search of the literature across 14 databases for school-based nutrition interventions implemented in this region was conducted. Out of 1568 articles from 14 databases, 38 full-text articles meeting the inclusion criteria were retrieved. Furth

SUBMITTER: Abu Shihab KHN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10446142 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature