SynthesisInternational journal of environmental research and public health2020
Effectiveness of Family-Based Behavior Change Interventions on Obesity-Related Behavior Change in Children: A Realist Synthesis.
Synthesis in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 37 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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N-CHEFS (Nutritional and Culinary Habits to Empower Families Towards Sustainability) - a Multicentric Pilot Study
Cognitive-Behavioral Intervention Targeting Mothers to Increase Tummy Time Practice and Maintain Healthy Weight in Infants
Who cites it
37 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 65 citations in OpenAlex.
- A meta-analysis of behaviour change techniques in social interventions targeting improved cognitive function in older adults.BMC public health · 2025Pooled it
- Which behaviour change techniques are associated with interventions that increase physical activity in pre-school children? A systematic review.BMC public health · 2023Pooled it
- Interventions targeting children and young people's physical activity behavior at home: A systematic review.PloS one · 2023Pooled it
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- Stop and Play Digital Health Education Intervention for Reducing Excessive Screen Time Among Preschoolers From Low Socioeconomic Families: Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Trial
- Changes in perceived parental self-efficacy after a Child-Centred Health Dialogue about preventing obesity.Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) · 2022Trial
- Family Dynamics and Longitudinal Trends in Pediatric Obesity: A Real-World Observational Study in a Public Outpatient Clinic.Obesity science & practice · 2026Article
- Who Benefited Most? Identifying Parent-Child Dyads With Improved Weight Outcomes in the Feel4Diabetes Study.Pediatric obesity · 2026Article
- Comparative effects of exercise modalities on ectopic fat reduction in overweight and obese children and adolescents: a narrative review.European journal of pediatrics · 2026Review
- The Role of Fathers in the Intergenerational Transmission of Obesity.Current obesity reports · 2026Review
- The Effects of Family Sports on Mental Health in Children and Adolescents: A Meta-Analysis.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Predicting fast food avoidance behavior among male adolescents: a structural equation modeling approach to the theory of planned behavior.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2026Article
- Changes in Eating Behavior Among Children with Overweight or Obesity: Results of a Nutritional Intervention.Nutrients · 2026Article
- Tracking BMI Changes in Parent-Child Dyads: Insights From the Feel4Diabetes Study.Pediatric obesity · 2026Article
- Systematic review of parental influence on pediatric obesity: Exploring dietary habits, physical activity, and intervention strategies.Obesity pillars · 2025Review
- The Effect of 9-Week Dietary Intervention on Anthropometric Parameters and Blood Pressure in Children with Excessive Body Weight.Metabolites · 2025Article
- Obesity: Prevalence, causes, consequences, management, preventive strategies and future research directions.Metabolism open · 2025Review
- Predictors of Static Postural Loading in Primary-School-Aged Children: Comparing Elastic Net and Multiple Regression Methods.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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Abstract
Effective treatment interventions for childhood obesity involve parents, are multicomponent and use behavior change strategies, but more information is needed on the mechanisms influencing behavioral outcomes and the type of parental involvement that is efficacious in behavioral treatment interventions with school-age children. This review aimed to understand key characteristics of programs that contribute to dietary and physical activity behavioral outcomes, and through which key mechanisms. This was a systematic review with narrative synthesis following PRISMA guidelines and realist analysis using RAMESES guidelines to explain outcome patterns and influence of parental involvement. Overall, the findings contribute to understanding the complex relationship between family barriers to behavior change, strategies employed in treatment interventions and behavioral outcomes. Implications for enhancing future policy and practice include involving parents in goal setting, motivational counselling, role modeling, and restructuring the physical environment to promote mutual empowerment of both parents and children, shared value and whole-family ownership in which intrinsic motivation and self-efficacy are implicit. These characteristics were associated with positive dietary and physical activity behavior change in children and may be useful considerations for the design and implementation of future theory-based treatment interventions to encourage habitual healthy diet and physical activity to reduce childhood obesity.
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