Relationship of cash transfers with risk of overweight and obesity in children and adults: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cash transfer (CT) programs are an important type of social protection meant to reduce poverty. Whether CT programs increase the risk of overweight and obesity is unclear. The objective was to characterize the relationship between CT programs and the risk of overweight and obesity in children and adults.

Methods

We searched articles in PubMed, Embase, Cochrane, EconLit, Global Health, CINAHL Plus, IBSS, Health & Medical Collection, Scopus, Web of Science, and WHO Global Index Medicus in August 2021. Studies involving CT as the intervention, a control group, body mass index, overweight, or obesity as an outcome, and sample size > 300 were included. The Newcastle-Ottawa Scale was used for quality assessment.

Results

Of 2355 articles identified, 20 met the inc

SUBMITTER: Semba RD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9198205 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature