Systematic review of reviews of intervention components associated with increased effectiveness in dietary and physical activity interventions.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To develop more efficient programmes for promoting dietary and/or physical activity change (in order to prevent type 2 diabetes) it is critical to ensure that the intervention components and characteristics most strongly associated with effectiveness are included. The aim of this systematic review of reviews was to identify intervention components that are associated with increased change in diet and/or physical activity in individuals at risk of type 2 diabetes.

Methods

MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, PsycInfo, and the Cochrane Library were searched for systematic reviews of interventions targeting diet and/or physical activity in adults at risk of developing type 2 diabetes from 1998 to 2008. Two reviewers independently selected reviews and rated methodological quality

SUBMITTER: Greaves CJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3048531 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature