SynthesisPublic health nutrition2020
A systematic review of interventions to improve the dietary intake, physical activity and weight status of children attending family day care services.
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- It's Time to Put the Nap in Nutrition and Physical Activity Self-Assessment for Child Care (NAPSACC): A Systematic Review Demonstrating the Impact of Child Care on Sleep Outcomes in Early Childhood.Childhood obesity (Print) · 2025Pooled it
- Healthy eating interventions delivered in early childhood education and care settings for improving the diet of children aged six months to six years.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023Pooled it
- Pre-school-based behaviour change intervention to increase physical activity levels amongst young children: a feasibility cluster randomised controlled trial.Frontiers in public health · 2024Trial
- Physical Activity and Screen Time Practices of Family Child Care Providers: Do They Meet Best Practice Guidelines?Childhood obesity (Print) · 2022Trial
- A multi-component tailored intervention in family childcare homes improves diet quality and sedentary behavior of preschool children compared to an attention control: results from the Healthy Start-Comienzos Sanos cluster randomized trial.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2022Trial
- Evidence Mapping: Healthy Eating and Physical Activity Practice Elements in Early Childhood Education and Care.Health promotion journal of Australia : official journal of Australian Association of Health Promotion Professionals · 2026Article
- Assessing and Enhancing Nutrition and Physical Activity Environments in Early Childhood Education and Care Centers: Scoping Review of eHealth Tools.JMIR pediatrics and parenting · 2025Review
- How to integrate and leverage digital health modalities for health promotion in early childhood education: Opportunities to improve intervention access and engagement.Translational behavioral medicine · 2025Article
- Alarming Rise of Obesity: The 4Global heart · 2025Article
- Family child care home providers' perceived difficulty in serving vegetables to children: findings from a multi-method study.Journal of nutritional science · 2025Article
- Healthy eating interventions delivered in early childhood education and care settings for improving the diet of children aged six months to six years.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023Review
- Functional physical training improves fitness and cognitive development in 4~5 years old children.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Correlates of children's dietary intake, physical activity and sedentary behavior in home-based childcare: A systematic review.Preventive medicine reports · 2022Review
- Involvement of Non-Parental Caregivers in Obesity Prevention Interventions among 0-3-Year-Old Children: A Scoping Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Foods provided to children in family day care: an observational study.Public health nutrition · 2021Observational
- An Overview of Research Opportunities to Increase the Impact of Nutrition Intervention Research in Early Childhood and Education Care Settings According to the RE-AIM Framework.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Physical Activity Level, Mediterranean Diet Adherence, and Emotional Intelligence as a Function of Family Functioning in Elementary School Students.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo (i) identify and synthesise findings from interventions to improve the dietary intake, physical activity and weight status of children aged 0-6 years attending family day care services; and (ii) assess the impact of interventions on family day care environments, intervention cost and adverse outcomes.
designMedline in Process, PsycINFO, ERIC, Embase, CINAHL, CENTRAL and Scopus databases were searched in March 2019. Studies were included if they (i) evaluated an intervention to improve the diet, physical activity and/or weight of children aged 0-6 years; (ii) were delivered in family day care services; (iii) targeted child diet, physical activity and/or weight; and (iv) used a parallel control group design. Screening was undertaken by two reviewers with disagreements resolved by a third reviewer.
settingFamily day care services, also known as family childcare homes.
participantsChildren aged 0-6 years attending family day care services.
resultsIn total, 8977 titles were retrieved, and 199 full-texts reviewed. No studies met the inclusion criteria for the primary outcome; however, two studies reporting on the secondary outcome of family day care environments were included. The 4-year community-wide obesity prevention programme and the 12-month train-the-trainer programme both reported statistically significant improvements in the healthy eating and physical activity environments of family day care, compared to cross-sectional state-average control groups.
conclusionsFindings highlight few existing interventions in family day care services and a need for high-quality controlled trials to identify effective interventions to improve children's diet, activity and weight in this setting.
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