Trial reportBMJ (Clinical research ed.)2006
Physical activity to prevent obesity in young children: cluster randomised controlled trial.
Trial report in BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01070251 (Effects of a Multimodal Preference-based Parental Intervention on Preschoolers' Physical Activity Behaviour - a Cluster-randomized Trial), which is not on this map. Cited by 122 papers, 26 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Effects of a Multimodal Preference-based Parental Intervention on Preschoolers' Physical Activity Behaviour - a Cluster-randomized Trial
Who cites it
122 citing papers in PubMed, 26 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 384 citations in OpenAlex.
- Interventions to prevent obesity in children aged 2 to 4 years old.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025Pooled it
- The impact of early childhood education and care-based interventions on child physical activity, anthropometrics, fundamental movement skills, cognitive functioning, and social-emotional wellbeing: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2025Pooled it
- Effects of structured and unstructured interventions on fundamental motor skills in preschool children: a meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2024Pooled it
- Interventions that prevent or reduce obesity in children from birth to five years of age: A systematic review.Journal of child health care : for professionals working with children in the hospital and community · 2021Pooled it
- A Sex/Gender Perspective on Interventions to Reduce Sedentary Behaviour in Girls and Boys: Results of the genEffects Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Pooled it
- Variations in accelerometry measured physical activity and sedentary time across Europe - harmonized analyses of 47,497 children and adolescents.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2020Pooled it
- Identification and evaluation of risk of generalizability biases in pilot versus efficacy/effectiveness trials: a systematic review and meta-analysis.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2020Pooled it
- A developmental cascade perspective of paediatric obesity: A systematic review of preventive interventions from infancy through late adolescence.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2020Pooled it
- Effects of Exercise Intervention on Health-Related Physical Fitness and Blood Pressure in Preschool Children: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2020Pooled it
- Substituting prolonged sedentary time and cardiovascular risk in children and youth: a meta-analysis within the International Children's Accelerometry database (ICAD).The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2019Pooled it
- Determinants of change in accelerometer-assessed sedentary behaviour in children 0 to 6 years of age: A systematic review.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2019Pooled it
- Interventions for preventing obesity in children.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Pooled it
- Exploring the Relationship Between Fundamental Motor Skill Interventions and Physical Activity Levels in Children: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2018Pooled it
- Systematic review of the relationships between physical activity and health indicators in the early years (0-4 years).BMC public health · 2017Pooled it
- Systematic review of the relationships between combinations of movement behaviours and health indicators in the early years (0-4 years).BMC public health · 2017Pooled it
- Interventions to Promote Fundamental Movement Skills in Childcare and Kindergarten: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2017Pooled it
- Using cost-effectiveness analysis to prioritize policy and programmatic approaches to physical activity promotion and obesity prevention in childhood.Preventive medicine · 2017Pooled it
- Effects of Physical Activity on Motor Skills and Cognitive Development in Early Childhood: A Systematic Review.BioMed research international · 2017Pooled it
- Neurocognitive correlates of obesity and obesity-related behaviors in children and adolescents.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2014Pooled it
- Which type of sedentary behaviour intervention is more effective at reducing body mass index in children? A meta-analytic review.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2014Pooled it
62 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Authors and funding
9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
objectiveTo assess whether a physical activity intervention reduces body mass index in young children.
designCluster randomised controlled single blinded trial over 12 months.
settingThirty six nurseries in Glasgow, Scotland.
participants545 children in their preschool year, mean age 4.2 years (SD 0.2) at baseline.
interventionEnhanced physical activity programme in nursery (three 30 minute sessions a week over 24 weeks) plus home based health education aimed at increasing physical activity through play and reducing sedentary behaviour.
main outcome measureBody mass index, expressed as a standard deviation score relative to UK 1990 reference data. Secondary measures were objectively measured physical activity and sedentary behaviour; fundamental movement skills; and evaluation of the process.
resultsGroup allocation had no significant effect on the primary outcome measure at six and 12 months or on measures of physical activity and sedentary behaviour by accelerometry. Children in the intervention group had significantly higher performance in movement skills tests than control children at six month follow-up (P=0.0027; 95% confidence interval 0.3 to 1.3) after adjustment for sex and baseline performance.
conclusionsPhysical activity can significantly improve motor skills but did not reduce body mass index in young children in this trial.
trial registrationCurrent Controlled Trials ISRCTN36363490.
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