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Trial reportNutrients2016

Effects of a Theory-Based Education Program to Prevent Overweightness in Primary School Children.

Paul L Kocken, Anne-Marie Scholten, Ellen Westhoff, Brenda P H De Kok, Elisabeth M Taal, R Alexandra Goldbohm

Open access · goldAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Nutrients, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 10 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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16citing papers in PubMed, 10 pooled it
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
1 · What the graph read from 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.

2 · The registry

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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed, 10 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 40 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Interventions to prevent obesity in children aged 5 to 11 years old.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024
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  7. Identifying effective intervention strategies to reduce children's screen time: a systematic review and meta-analysis.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2021
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  8. Interventions for preventing obesity in children.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Paul L KockenNetherlands organization for applied scientific research (TNO), Division of Child Health, P.O. Box 3005, 2301 DA Leiden, The Netherlands. paul.kocken@tno.nl.
Anne-Marie ScholtenNetherlands organization for applied scientific research (TNO), Division of Child Health, P.O. Box 3005, 2301 DA Leiden, The Netherlands. a.m.scholten@hhs.nl.
Ellen WesthoffNetherlands organization for applied scientific research (TNO), Division of Child Health, P.O. Box 3005, 2301 DA Leiden, The Netherlands. Ellen.Westhoff@radboudumc.nl.
Brenda P H De KokNetherlands organization for applied scientific research (TNO), Division of Child Health, P.O. Box 3005, 2301 DA Leiden, The Netherlands. brenda.dekok@gmail.com.
Elisabeth M TaalNetherlands organization for applied scientific research (TNO), Division of Child Health, P.O. Box 3005, 2301 DA Leiden, The Netherlands. emtaal@casema.nl.
R Alexandra GoldbohmNetherlands organization for applied scientific research (TNO), Division of Life Style, P.O. Box 3005, 2301 DA Leiden, The Netherlands. sandra.bausch@tno.nl.
Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research · NLRadboud University Nijmegen · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The effectiveness of the "Extra Fit!" (EF!) education program in promoting healthy diet and physical activity to prevent and reduce overweightness among primary school children aged 9 to 11 was evaluated. A randomized controlled design was carried out in 45 primary schools (n = 1112) in the Netherlands, 23 intervention and 22 control schools. The intervention schools received the education program for two successive school years in grades (U.S. system) 4, 5, and 6 (mean 7.6 h during 16 weeks per school per year). The control schools followed their usual curriculum. No positive effects of EF! were found with regard to behavior and anthropometric measures when follow-up measurements were compared to the baseline. However, from baseline to follow-up after one and two school years, the intervention group improved their knowledge score significantly compared to the control group. Moreover, an effect was observed for mean time spent inactively that increased more in the control group than in the intervention group. In conclusion, limited intervention effects were found for the intervention on knowledge and inactivity. To improve the effectiveness of education programs, we advise focusing on parental involvement, attractive lessons to enlarge the acceptability of the program, and multi-component environmental strategies.

Indexed as

ExerciseHealth BehaviorHealth EducationHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeSchoolsChildCurriculumFemaleHealth PromotionHumansLife StyleMaleNetherlandsOverweightPediatric ObesityProgram Evaluationbehavioral determinantseducation programnutritionoverweightphysical activityprimary school childrenRCT

Identifiers

PMID26742063
PMCPMC4728626
OpenAlexW2216559633

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