Interventions for preventing obesity in children

L Hooper, Y Gao, A Zayegh, S Ijaz… - Cochrane Database …, 2019 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Prevention of childhood obesity is an international public health priority given
the significant impact of obesity on acute and chronic diseases, general health, development …

School‐based physical activity programs for promoting physical activity and fitness in children and adolescents aged 6 to 18

SE Neil-Sztramko, H Caldwell… - Cochrane database of …, 2021 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Physical activity among children and adolescents is associated with lower
adiposity, improved cardio‐metabolic health, and improved fitness. Worldwide, fewer than …

Sustainability of effects of an early childhood obesity prevention trial over time: a further 3-year follow-up of the healthy beginnings trial

LM Wen, LA Baur, JM Simpson, H Xu, AJ Hayes… - JAMA …, 2015 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Little evidence exists on whether effects of an early obesity intervention are
sustainable. Objective To assess the sustainability of effects of a home-based early …

A 3-arm randomised controlled trial of communicating healthy beginnings advice by telephone (CHAT) to mothers with infants to prevent childhood obesity

LM Wen, C Rissel, LA Baur, AJ Hayes, H Xu… - BMC Public Health, 2017 - Springer
Background With an increasing prevalence of obesity in young children globally, there is an
urgent need for the development of effective early interventions. A previous Healthy …

A systematic review of methods, study quality, and results of economic evaluation for childhood and adolescent obesity intervention

M Zanganeh, P Adab, B Li, E Frew - International journal of environmental …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Many suggested policy interventions for childhood and adolescent obesity have costs and
effects that fall outside the health care sector. These cross-sectorial costs and consequences …

A systematic review of economic evaluations of interventions targeting childhood overweight and obesity

O Onyimadu, M Violato, NM Astbury, H Hüls… - Obesity …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
This systematic review critically appraised and synthesized evidence from economic
evaluations of interventions targeting childhood excess weight. We conducted systematic …

The potential for long‐term cost‐effectiveness of obesity prevention interventions in the early years of life

V Brown, J Ananthapavan, D Sonntag, EJ Tan… - Pediatric …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Background Early childhood obesity prevention is gaining increasing importance, as the
prevalence of children with overweight and obesity aged 5 years and under increases …

Economic evaluation of obesity prevention in early childhood: methods, limitations and recommendations

N Döring, S Mayer, F Rasmussen… - International journal of …, 2016 - mdpi.com
Despite methodological advances in the field of economic evaluations of interventions,
economic evaluations of obesity prevention programmes in early childhood are seldom …

Effects of low-carbohydrate diets versus low-fat diets on metabolic risk factors in overweight and obese adults: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

L Lei, J Huang, L Zhang, Y Hong, S Hui, J Yang - Frontiers in Nutrition, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background and aims Low-carbohydrate diets (LCD) and low-fat diets (LFD) have shown
beneficial effects on the management of obesity. Epidemiological studies were conducted to …

Efficiency of in-store interventions to impact customers to purchase healthier food and beverage products in real-life grocery stores: a systematic review and meta …

H Slapø, A Schjøll, B Strømgren, I Sandaker, S Lekhal - Foods, 2021 - mdpi.com
Grocery stores are important settings to promote healthier food and beverage choices. The
present paper aims at reviewing the effectiveness of different types of in-store interventions …