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SynthesisThe international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity2016

Effectiveness of intervention strategies exclusively targeting reductions in children's sedentary time: a systematic review of the literature.

Teatske M Altenburg, Joana Kist-van Holthe, Mai J M Chinapaw

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Synthesis in The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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36 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors.

Teatske M AltenburgDepartment of Public and Occupational Health, VU University Medical Center, EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, Van der Boechorststraat 7, 1081, BT, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. t.altenburg@vumc.nl.
Joana Kist-van HoltheDepartment of Public and Occupational Health, VU University Medical Center, EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, Van der Boechorststraat 7, 1081, BT, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Mai J M ChinapawDepartment of Public and Occupational Health, VU University Medical Center, EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, Van der Boechorststraat 7, 1081, BT, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

An increasing number of interventions targeting sedentary behaviour in children have emerged in recent years. Recently published reviews included sedentary behaviour and physical activity interventions. This review critically summarizes evidence on the effectiveness of intervention strategies that exclusively targeted reducing sedentary time in children and adolescents. We performed a systematic literature search in Pubmed, Embase and the Cochrane Library through November 2015. Two independent reviewers selected eligible studies, extracted relevant data and rated the methodological quality using the assessment tool for quantitative studies. We included 21 intervention studies, of which 8 studies scored moderate on methodological quality and 13 studies scored weak. Four out of eight moderate quality studies reported significant beneficial intervention effects.Although descriptions of intervention strategies were not always clearly reported, we identified encouragement of a TV turnoff week and implementing standing desks in classrooms as promising strategies. Due to a lack of high quality studies and inconsistent findings, we found no convincing evidence for the effectiveness of existing interventions targeting solely sedentary behaviour. We recommend that future studies apply mediation analyses to explore which strategies are most effective. Furthermore, to increase the effectiveness of interventions, knowledge of children's motives to engage in sedentary behavior is required, as well as their opinion on potentially effective intervention strategies.

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Child BehaviorExerciseHealth BehaviorSedentary BehaviorChildHealth PromotionHumansPostureTelevisionPaediatricPreventionScreen timeSittingTelevision

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PMID27276873
PMCPMC4899905

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