Digital Interventions to Promote Healthy Eating in Children: Umbrella Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

eHealth and web-based service delivery have become increasingly common during the COVID-19 pandemic. Digital interventions may be highly appealing to young people; however, their effectiveness compared with that of the usual face-to-face interventions is unknown. As nutrition interventions merge with the digital world, there is a need to determine the best practices for digital interventions for children.

Objective

The aim of this study is to examine the effectiveness of digital nutrition interventions for children on dietary outcomes compared with status quo interventions (eg, conventional face-to-face programming or nondigital support).

Methods

We conducted an umbrella review of systematic reviews of studies assessing primary research on digital intervent

SUBMITTER: Prowse R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8663671 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature