School environments and obesity: a systematic review of interventions and policies among school-age students in Latin America and the Caribbean.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The rapid rise in obesity rates among school children in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) could have a direct impact on the region's physical and mental health, disability, and mortality. This review presents the available interventions likely to reduce, mitigate and/or prevent obesity among school children in LAC by modifying the food and built environments within and around schools.

Methods

Two independent reviewers searched five databases: MEDLINE, Web of Science, Cochrane Library, Scopus and Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences Literature for peer-reviewed literature published from 1 January 2000 to September 2021; searching and screening prospective studies published in English, Spanish and Portuguese. This was followed by data extraction and qua

SUBMITTER: Vega-Salas MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9549440 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature