SynthesisEuropean journal of pediatrics2016
The association between childcare and risk of childhood overweight and obesity in children aged 5 years and under: a systematic review.
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41 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Childcare centre attendance and health, growth, and development among children aged 0-3 years in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review.Journal of global health · 2024Pooled it
- Day care as a strategy for drowning prevention in children under 6 years of age in low- and middle-income countries.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
- Relationship Between Early Childhood Non-Parental Childcare and Diet, Physical Activity, Sedentary Behaviour, and Sleep: A Systematic Review of Longitudinal Studies.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Pooled it
- Systematic review of interventions in the childcare setting with direct parental involvement: effectiveness on child weight status and energy balance-related behaviours.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2019Pooled it
- Confirmatory factor analysis of the infant feeding styles questionnaire in infant and toddler child care teachers.Appetite · 2023Trial
- Ecological factors and childhood eating behaviours at 5 years of age: findings from the ROLO longitudinal birth cohort study.BMC pediatrics · 2022Trial
- The effects of intervening with physical activity in the early years (ages 3-5) on health-related quality of life: a secondary analysis of the Activity Begins in Childhood (ABC) trial.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2021Trial
- The use of routine data sources to identify risk factors for overweight and obesity at 6 years of age. An Italian study in 8621 children born in 2010-2011-2012.Italian journal of pediatrics · 2025Observational
- Contributions of subjective status to eating behaviors, obesity, and metabolic health across development.Appetite · 2025Review
- Exploring barriers and facilitators to water availability and accessibility, and potential strategies for improving water accessibility and children's intake in family childcare homes: a qualitative study.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- Centre-based childcare in early childhood and child obesity: systematic review and meta-analysis protocol.BMJ open · 2024Article
- Identifying elevated child weight from 3 to 24 months: Early transitions into nonparental care and to solid foods.Pediatric obesity · 2024Article
- High but decreasing prevalence of overweight in preschool children: encouragement for further action.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2023Article
- Centre-based childcare in early childhood and growth in later childhood: a prospective cohort study.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2023Observational
- Impact of Household Economic and Mothers' Time Affluence on Obesity in Japanese Preschool Children: A Cross-sectional Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- International differences in gradients in early childhood overweight and obesity: the role of maternal employment and formal childcare attendance.European journal of public health · 2023Article
- The Relationship between Childcare-Giving Arrangements and Children's Malnutrition Status in South Africa.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- A qualitative study on the perspectives of Turkish mothers and grandmothers in the Netherlands regarding the influence of grandmothers on health related practices in the first 1000 days of a child's life.BMC public health · 2022Article
- Changing the preschool setting to promote healthy energy balance-related behaviours of preschoolers: a qualitative and quantitative process evaluation of the SuperFIT approach.Implementation science : IS · 2021Article
- Associations of Childcare Arrangements with Adiposity Measures in a Multi-Ethnic Asian Cohort: The GUSTO Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
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Abstract
unlabelledThe aim of this paper was to systematically review the published evidence on the relationship between the type of childcare and risk of childhood overweight or obesity. The databases PubMed, MEDLINE, Cochrane Library and EMBASE were searched using combinations of the various search terms to identify eligible observational studies published between 2000 and May 2016 in English. Fifteen publications from 7 countries matched the inclusion criteria. The most commonly reported childcare arrangements were centre-based (e.g. crèche) and informal care (e.g. relatives, neighbours, friends). Informal care was most frequently associated with an increased risk of childhood overweight and obesity. Associations were also found for other lifestyle variables such as low maternal education, high birth-weight, maternal employment, ethnicity, maternal overweight/obesity and father's Body Mass Index (BMI).
conclusionThe relationship between childcare and childhood overweight/obesity is multi-faceted with many aspects linked to childhood adiposity, in particular the age of initiation to care, type of care (i.e. informal care) and shorter breastfeeding duration were related with infant adiposity. WHAT IS KNOWN: • Lifestyle factors during early years affect health outcomes in adulthood, particularly in children with low birth weight. • Pre-school stage influences children's body composition and growth. What is new: • This is the first systematic review of observational studies examining the association between childcare and childhood overweight and obesity in preschool children. • 'Informal' care is linked to early introduction to solid foods, less physical activity and obesity.
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