A systematic review and meta-analysis of the overall effects of school-based obesity prevention interventions and effect differences by intervention components.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Childhood obesity is a serious public health concern. School-based interventions hold great promise to combat the rising trend of childhood obesity. This systematic review aimed to assess the overall effects of school-based obesity prevention interventions, and to investigate characteristics of intervention components that are potentially effective for preventing childhood obesity.

Methods

We systematically searched MEDLINE, CENTRAL and Embase databases to identify randomized- or cluster randomized- controlled trials of school-based obesity interventions published between 1990 and 2019. We conducted meta-analyses and subgroup analyses to determine the overall effects of obesity prevention programs and effect differences by various characteristics of intervention c

SUBMITTER: Liu Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6819386 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature