Father-Focused Childhood Obesity Prevention Interventions: A Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT: Father-focused childhood obesity prevention interventions are emerging as novel strategies to tackle increasing childhood obesity rates. This scoping review aimed to describe the characteristics of these interventions and their participants to identify knowledge gaps and improve future interventions. A search for eligible interventions was conducted in MEDLINE (Ovid), Web of Science, and CINAHL (EBSCO) between 2023 and 2024 without date or geographic restrictions. Data were extracted using a tool developed for this review and analyzed using content analysis. Fourteen unique interventions were identified and were all conducted in developed Western countries (n = 14). Most were implemented between 2015 and 2019 (n = 9) in community settings (n = 13) and were feasibility and efficacy trials (

SUBMITTER: Latkolik S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12620106 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature