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ReviewInternational journal of obesity (2005)2018

Interventions for treating children and adolescents with overweight and obesity: an overview of Cochrane reviews.

Louisa J Ells, Karen Rees, Tamara Brown, Emma Mead, Lena Al-Khudairy, Liane Azevedo, Grant J McGeechan, Louise Baur, Emma Loveman, Heather Clements and 3 more

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Review in International journal of obesity (2005), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 131 papers, 10 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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131citing papers in PubMed, 10 pooled it
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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

131 citing papers in PubMed, 10 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Louisa J EllsSchool of Health and Social Care, Teesside University, Middlesbrough, UK. L.Ells@tees.ac.uk.
Karen ReesDivision of Health Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK.
Tamara BrownSchool of Health and Social Care, Teesside University, Middlesbrough, UK.
Emma MeadSchool of Health and Social Care, Teesside University, Middlesbrough, UK.
Lena Al-KhudairyDivision of Health Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK.
Liane AzevedoSchool of Health and Social Care, Teesside University, Middlesbrough, UK.
Grant J McGeechanSchool of Health and Social Care, Teesside University, Middlesbrough, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3994-8507
Louise BaurUniversity of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Emma LovemanEffective Evidence LLP, Hampshire, UK.
Heather ClementsSchool of Health and Social Care, Teesside University, Middlesbrough, UK.
Pura Rayco-SolonWorld Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
Nathalie Farpour-LambertObesity Prevention and Care Program, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
Alessandro DemaioWorld Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.

Funding

Medical Research Council MR/K02325X/1World Health Organization 001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Children and adolescents with overweight and obesity are a global health concern. This is an integrative overview of six Cochrane systematic reviews, providing an up-to-date synthesis of the evidence examining interventions for the treatment of children and adolescents with overweight or obesity. The data extraction and quality assessments for each review were conducted by one author and checked by a second. The six high quality reviews provide evidence on the effectiveness of behaviour changing interventions conducted in children <6 years (7 trials), 6-11 years (70 trials), adolescents 12-17 years (44 trials) and interventions that target only parents of children aged 5-11 years (20 trials); in addition to interventions examining surgery (1 trial) and drugs (21 trials). Most of the evidence was derived from high-income countries and published in the last two decades. Collectively, the evidence suggests that multi-component behaviour changing interventions may be beneficial in achieving small reductions in body weight status in children of all ages, with low adverse event occurrence were reported. More research is required to understand which specific intervention components are most effective and in whom, and how best to maintain intervention effects. Evidence from surgical and drug interventions was too limited to make inferences about use and safety, and adverse events were a serious consideration.

Indexed as

Bariatric SurgeryBehavior TherapyDietExerciseAdolescentBody Mass IndexChildHumansPediatric ObesitySystematic Reviews as Topic

Identifiers

PMID30301964

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