Background Heterogeneity in the outcomes collected and reported in trials of interventions
to prevent obesity in the first five years of life highlights the need for a core outcome set to …

This scoping review was undertaken as the first stage of development of the Core Outcome
Sets for Early Prevention of Obesity in CHildhood (COS‐EPOCH). The aim of this review is …

Introduction Childhood overweight and obesity is prevalent in the first 5 years of life, and can
result in significant health and economic consequences over the lifetime. The outcomes …

Background Efforts to prevent the development of overweight and obesity have increasingly
focused early in the life course as we recognise that both metabolic and behavioural …

Background Childhood obesity is a global problem. Early obesity prevention interventions
are complex and differ in effectiveness. Novel frameworks, taxonomies and experience from …

Introduction Behavioural interventions in early life appear to show some effect in reducing
childhood overweight and obesity. However, uncertainty remains regarding their overall …

Objectives Childhood obesity rates in the UK are high. The early years of childhood are
critical for establishing healthy behaviours and offer interventional opportunities. We aimed …

Childhood obesity worldwide affects 5.6% or 38.3 million children under five years of age.
The longer children are overweight or obese, the more likely they are to become obese …

Background: Childhood obesity prevention interventions delivered by health professionals
during the first 1,000 days of life show some evidence of effectiveness, particularly in relation …

Background Childhood obesity is a significant global problem. Childhood obesity prevention
interventions may be more effective when started very early in life before metabolic and …