What childhood obesity prevention programmes work? A systematic review and meta‐analysis

Previous reviews of childhood obesity prevention have focused largely on schools and findings have been inconsistent. Funded by the US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and the National Institutes of Health, we systematically evaluated the effectiveness of childhood obesity prevention programmes conducted in high-income countries and implemented in various settings. We searched MEDLINE®, Embase, PsycINFO, CINAHL®, ClinicalTrials.gov and the Cochrane Library from inception through 22 April 2013 for relevant studies, including randomized controlled trials, quasi-experimental studies and natural experiments, targeting diet, physical activity or both, and conducted in children aged 2-18 in…

• JH
  Johns Hopkins University
• CS
  China Scholarship Council

  Award: [2012]3013
• PU
  Peking University
• AF
  Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

  Award: 290-2007-10061-I
• NI
  National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

  Awards: U54HD070725, 1R01HD064685-01A1
• OO
  Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research