SynthesisNutrients2020
The Effects of Physical Activity and Diet Interventions on Body Mass Index in Latin American Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Synthesis in Nutrients, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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18 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 32 citations in OpenAlex.
- An Umbrella Review of Systematic Reviews of School-Based Nutrition Interventions to Determine Outcomes Used and Their Measurement Tools.Nutrition reviews · 2026Pooled it
- Child and Adolescent Health Programs in Obesity and Depression: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Nutrients · 2025Pooled it
- Comprehensive cardiometabolic rehabilitation program for childhood obesity.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2026Article
- The potential effect modifying role of nutrition, physical activity, and body mass index on the association between air pollution and adverse birth and early-life health outcomes: a scoping review.Environmental research communications · 2025Article
- Beyond the Physical: Weight Stigma and the Bariatric Patient Journey.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Randomised controlled interventions on physical activity, diet or their dual approach to better public health and the links to body mass index in 10-19 years: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ public health · 2025Article
- The Effects of an Eight-Week Swimming Program on Body Composition and Assessment of Dietary Intake in Post-COVID-19 Patients.Journal of nutrition and metabolism · 2024Article
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- Structural responses to the obesity epidemic in Latin America: what are the next steps for food and physical activity policies?Lancet regional health. Americas · 2023Review
- Face-to-face physical activity incorporated into dietary intervention for overweight/obesity in children and adolescents: a Bayesian network meta-analysis.BMC medicine · 2022Article
- Study protocol of "From Science 2 School"-prevalence of sports and physical exercise linked to omnivorous, vegetarian and vegan, diets among Austrian secondary schools.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2022Article
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- Associations of muscle-strengthening exercise with overweight, obesity, and depressive symptoms in adolescents: Findings from 2019 Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance system.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Physical fitness of Latin America children and adolescents: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ open · 2021Article
- Diet in the Management of Weight Loss.Nutrients · 2021Article
- Long-Term Dietary and Physical Activity Interventions in the School Setting and Their Effects on BMI in Children Aged 6-12 Years: Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Clinical Trials.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Examining the Association Between Parental Factors and Childhood Obesity.Journal of community health nursingArticle
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7 authors at 4 institutions in 4 countries.
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Abstract
The objective of this systematic review and meta-analysis is to compare the effect of physical activity only with that of physical activity plus diet interventions on body mass index (BMI) in Latin American children and adolescents. We searched the Medline, Embase, Scopus, Web of Science, and Scielo databases from their inception until March 2020, including studies examining the effect of physical activity or physical activity plus diet interventions on BMI in children and adolescents and based on data from intervention studies. The DerSimonian and Laird method was used to compute a pooled standardized mean difference for BMI in terms of effect size (ES) and respective 95% confidence intervals (CIs). Eighteen studies were included. Analyses were performed based on intervention (four studies were included for physical activity only and four studies were included for physical activity plus diet). In the analysis of physical activity only versus control, there was no effect on BMI (ES = 0.00; 95% CI -0.17-0.17, I
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