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ReviewJournal of research in medical sciences : the official journal of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences2014

Controlling childhood obesity: A systematic review on strategies and challenges.

Roya Kelishadi, Fatemeh Azizi-Soleiman

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Review in Journal of research in medical sciences : the official journal of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 69 papers, 10 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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69citing papers in PubMed, 10 pooled it
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3 · Its place in the literature

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69 citing papers in PubMed, 10 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 149 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. A Systematic Review of Digital Interventions for Improving the Diet and Physical Activity Behaviors of Adolescents.The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine · 2017
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  10. Review of behaviour change interventions to reduce population salt intake.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2017
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Roya KelishadiDepartment of Pediatrics, Child Growth and Development Research Center, Research Institute for Primary Prevention of Non-communicable Disease, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
Fatemeh Azizi-SoleimanSchool of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
Isfahan University of Medical Sciences · IR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundChildhood obesity is a global health problem with short- and long-term health consequences. This systematic review presents a summary of the experiences on different family-, school-, and clinic-based interventions. MATERIALS AND

methodsElectronic search was conducted in MEDLINE, PubMed, ISI Web of Science, and Scopus scientific databases. We included those studies conducted among obese individuals aged up to 18 years. Our search yielded 105 relevant papers, 70 of them were conducted as high quality clinical trials.

resultsOur findings propose that school-based programs can have long-term effects in a large target group. This can be related to this fact that children spend a considerable part of their time in school, and adopt some parts of lifestyle there. They have remarkable consequences on health behaviors, but as there are some common limitations, their effects on anthropometric measures are not clear. Due to the crucial role of parents in development of children's behaviors, family-based interventions are reported to have successful effects in some aspects; but selection bias and high dropout rate can confound their results. Clinic-based interventions revealed favorable effects. They include dietary or other lifestyle changes like increasing physical activity or behavior therapy. It seems that a comprehensive intervention including diet and exercise are more practical. When they have different designs, results are controversial.

conclusionWe suggest that among different types of interventional programs, a multidisciplinary approach in schools in which children's family are involved, can be the best and most sustainable approach for management of childhood obesity.

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Adolescentchildcontrolobesityprevention

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