ArticleBMC public health2013
The International Study of Childhood Obesity, Lifestyle and the Environment (ISCOLE): design and methods.
Article in BMC public health, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 4 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 156 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
International Study of Childhood Obesity, Lifestyle and the Environment (ISCOLE)
The Relation of Genetic Factors, Food Cues, and Self-Regulation With Excess Consumption and Adiposity in Children
Media Multi-tasking and Cued Overeating: Assessing the Pathway and Piloting an Intervention Using an Attentional Network Framework
Monitoring of Metabolic Adverse Events of Second Generation Antipsychotics in a Naive Pediatric Population Followed in Mental Health Outpatient and Inpatient Clinical Settings (MEMAS Prospective Study)
Who cites it
156 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Psychometric Properties of Physical Activity Questionnaires for Children and Adolescents: An Updated Systematic Review.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2025Pooled it
- Adherence to the World Health Organization's physical activity recommendation in preschool-aged children: a systematic review and meta-analysis of accelerometer studies.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2023Pooled it
- Temporal Trends in Children's School Day Moderate to Vigorous Physical Activity: A Systematic Review and Meta-Regression Analysis.Journal of physical activity & health · 2021Pooled it
- The Effects of Football Practice on Nutritional Status and Body Composition in Children: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Nutrients · 2021Pooled it
- A systematic review of existing observational tools to measure the food and physical activity environment in schools.Health & place · 2020Pooled it
- Accelerometer Data Collection and Processing Criteria to Assess Physical Activity and Other Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Practical Considerations.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2017Pooled it
- Overweight and obesity in Portuguese children: prevalence and correlates.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2014Pooled it
- The impact of narratives and active video games among black and hispanic children with overweight and obesity: a randomized controlled trial.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2025Trial
- Effects of a Physical Activity Program Potentiated with ICTs on the Formation and Dissolution of Friendship Networks of Children in a Middle-Income Country.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Trial
- Effects of a strategy for the promotion of physical activity in students from Bogotá.Revista de saude publica · 2018Trial
- Trial
- Whole of Systems Trial of Prevention Strategies for Childhood Obesity: WHO STOPS Childhood Obesity.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2016Trial
- Latin American Study of Nutrition and Health (ELANS): rationale and study design.BMC public health · 2016Trial
- A cluster randomised controlled trial to investigate the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of the 'Girls Active' intervention: a study protocol.BMC public health · 2015Trial
- A model for presenting accelerometer paradata in large studies: ISCOLE.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2015Trial
- Influence of specific individual and environmental variables on the relationship between body mass index and health-related quality of life in overweight and obese adolescents.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2015Trial
- Background and design of the empowering cardiovascular health in grandfamilies (ECHG) study: A mixed methods study research protocol.International journal of nursing studies advances · 2026Article
- Central Adiposity Versus Body Mass Index in Assessment of Adiposity-Related Differences in Physical Activity Among Schoolchildren Aged 5-12 Years in High-Risk Neighborhoods.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Beverage intake among Jamaican School Children: An analysis across child and school environment levels.PloS one · 2026Article
- Spaces that move children: The role of the physical environment in developing motor competence and physical literacy.PloS one · 2026Article
96 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
22 authors.
Funding
Abstract
backgroundThe primary aim of the International Study of Childhood Obesity, Lifestyle and the Environment (ISCOLE) was to determine the relationships between lifestyle behaviours and obesity in a multi-national study of children, and to investigate the influence of higher-order characteristics such as behavioural settings, and the physical, social and policy environments, on the observed relationships within and between countries. METHODS/
designThe targeted sample included 6000 10-year old children from 12 countries in five major geographic regions of the world (Europe, Africa, the Americas, South-East Asia, and the Western Pacific). The protocol included procedures to collect data at the individual level (lifestyle, diet and physical activity questionnaires, accelerometry), family and neighborhood level (parental questionnaires), and the school environment (school administrator questionnaire and school audit tool). A standard study protocol was developed for implementation in all regions of the world. A rigorous system of training and certification of study personnel was developed and implemented, including web-based training modules and regional in-person training meetings. DISCUSSION: The results of this study will provide a robust examination of the correlates of adiposity and obesity in children, focusing on both sides of the energy balance equation. The results will also provide important new information that will inform the development of lifestyle, environmental, and policy interventions to address and prevent childhood obesity that may be culturally adapted for implementation around the world. ISCOLE represents a multi-national collaboration among all world regions, and represents a global effort to increase research understanding, capacity and infrastructure in childhood obesity.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.