Understanding rapid infant weight gain prevention: a systematic review of quantitative and qualitative evidence.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Rapid infant weight gain (RIWG) is strongly related to childhood overweight and obesity, and prevention of RIWG is an approach to early years obesity prevention. This systematic review aimed to explore effectiveness, deliverers' and recipients' experiences of involvement, and key intervention components and processes of such prevention activities.

Methods

Key databases and websites were searched systematically for quantitative and qualitative studies covering intervention effectiveness, experiences with intervention involvement or process outcomes. After duplicate screening and quality assessment, papers were analyzed through narrative synthesis, thematic synthesis and intervention component analysis.

Results

Seven quantitative and seven qualitative studies

SUBMITTER: Rotevatn TA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7445039 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature