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SynthesisNutrients2018

A Systematic Review of Behavioural Interventions Promoting Healthy Eating among Older People.

Xiao Zhou, Federico J A Perez-Cueto, Quenia Dos Santos, Erminio Monteleone, Agnès Giboreau, Katherine M Appleton, Thomas Bjørner, Wender L P Bredie, Heather Hartwell

Registry-linked trialOpen access · goldAbstract readSystematic Review
In one paragraph

Synthesis in Nutrients, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06933823 (Dietary Modification Intervention Involving Family Support), which is not on this map. Cited by 28 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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28citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.1field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

NCT06933823 nanot yet recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2025, after this paper: background citation

Dietary Modification Intervention Involving Family Support (FamNUTRI) for Managing Sarcopenic Obesity Among Community-dwelling Older Adults: a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

TypeinterventionalSponsorThe Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityRan2025 to 2026Enrolled72ConditionsSarcopenic ObesityArmsDietary modification intervention involving family support, Dietary modification intervention
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

28 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 74 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Intervention Mapping: A Framework to Co-Design the ALAPAGE Programme to Simultaneously Improve Dietary Diversity and Physical Fitness Among Older People.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2026
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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

9 authors at 5 institutions in 4 countries.

Xiao ZhouDepartment of Food Science, University of Copenhagen, 1958 Frederiksberg C, Denmark. xiao.zhou@food.ku.dk.ORCID 0000-0003-4491-2573
Federico J A Perez-CuetoDepartment of Food Science, University of Copenhagen, 1958 Frederiksberg C, Denmark. apce@food.ku.dk.ORCID 0000-0003-1270-2678
Quenia Dos SantosDepartment of Food Science, University of Copenhagen, 1958 Frederiksberg C, Denmark. quenia@food.ku.dk.
Erminio MonteleoneDepartment of Management of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Systems, University of Florence, 50144 Florence, Italy. erminio.monteleone@unifi.it.
Agnès GiboreauCentre for Food and Hospitality Research, Institute Paul Bocuse, 69130 Ecully, France. agnes.giboreau@institutpaulbocuse.com.
Katherine M AppletonResearch Centre for Behaviour Change, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Bournemouth University, Poole BH12 5BB, UK. k.appleton@bournemouth.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0001-7045-3564
Thomas BjørnerDepartment of Architecture, Design and Media Technology, Aalborg University, 9000 Aalborg, Denmark. tbj@create.aau.dk.ORCID 0000-0001-9071-7168
Wender L P BredieDepartment of Food Science, University of Copenhagen, 1958 Frederiksberg C, Denmark. wb@food.ku.dk.ORCID 0000-0001-5145-4131
Heather HartwellFaculty of Management, Bournemouth University, Poole BH12 5BB, UK. hhartwell@bournemouth.ac.uk.
University of Copenhagen · DKBournemouth University · GBAalborg University · DKInstitut Paul Bocuse · FRUniversity of Florence · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Because eating habits are inseparably linked with people's physical health, effective behaviour interventions are highly demanded to promote healthy eating among older people. The aim of this systematic review was to identify effective diet interventions for older people and provide useful evidence and direction for further research. Three electronic bibliographic databases-PubMed, Scopus and Web of Science Core Collection were used to conduct a systematic literature search based on fixed inclusion and exclusion criteria. English language peer-reviewed journal articles published between 2011 and 2016 were selected for data extraction and quality assessment. Finally, a total of 16 studies were identified. The studies' duration ranged from three weeks to seven years. The majority of studies were carried out in European countries. Seven studies had a moderate quality while the remaining studies were at a less than moderate level. Three dietary educational interventions and all meal service related interventions reported improvements in older people's dietary variety, nutrition status, or other health-related eating behaviours. Multicomponent dietary interventions mainly contributed to the reduction of risk of chronic disease. The results supported that older people could achieve a better dietary quality if they make diet-related changes by receiving either dietary education or healthier meal service. Further high-quality studies are required to promote healthy eating among older people by taking regional diet patterns, advanced information technology, and nudging strategies into account.

Indexed as

Behavior TherapyDiet, HealthyElder Nutritional Physiological PhenomenaEvidence-Based MedicinePatient ComplianceQuality of LifeAgedAged, 80 and overFood AssistanceFood ServicesHumansMiddle AgedNutritional SciencesPatient Education as Topicbehavioural interventionhealthy eatingolder peoplesystematic review

Identifiers

PMID29373529
PMCPMC5852704
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