Family-based lifestyle interventions: What makes them successful? A systematic literature review.

ABSTRACT: Nearly one in five young people in the United States has obesity, putting one-fifth of America's children at higher risk of having chronic health conditions and of having obesity into adulthood. Family-based lifestyle interventions (FBLI) have been proposed as effective mechanisms to improve the health through health education and the adoption of healthier behaviors. The aim of this review is to identify and summarize effective intervention activities and lessons learned that organizations can adopt when planning health promotion interventions for families, and to assess the effect of family-based lifestyle interventions on BMI z-score. A systematic review on lifestyle health-promotion interventions for families was conducted following PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic revie

SUBMITTER: Arnason A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7816001 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature