BACKGROUND: Over the past decade, childhood obesity has been recognized as an
increasing health problem worldwide. It is a predictor of obesity during adulthood, which is …

Effectiveness of school-based interventions to prevent or control overweight and obesity
among school children was reviewed for a 11-year period (January 2001 to December …

Objective Attempts have been made to reduce childhood obesity through school‐based
programs. Systematic reviews of studies until 2006 reported a lack of consistency about …

The purpose of this article was to review international (excluding the United States) school‐
based interventions for preventing obesity in children published between 1999 and 2005. A …

Childhood obesity is a global concern. The objectives of this meta-analytical study were to
evaluate the effectiveness of school-based childhood obesity prevention programs, and to …

OBJECTIVE: To assess the effectiveness of educational interventions including behavioral
modification, nutrition and physical activity to prevent or treat childhood obesity through a …

OBJECTIVE: This study systematically reviewed community-based childhood obesity
prevention programs in the United States and high-income countries. METHODS: We …

Background: Childhood obesity is an impending epidemic. This article is an overview of
different interventions conducted in school settings so as to guide efforts for an effective …

Background The prevalence of childhood obesity, which has seen a rapid increase over the
last decade, is now considered a major public health problem. Current treatment options are …

Previous reviews of childhood obesity prevention have focused largely on schools and
findings have been inconsistent. Funded by the US A gency for H ealthcare R esearch and …