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Effects of Lifestyle Modification Interventions to Prevent and Manage Child and Adolescent Obesity: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Rehana A Salam, Zahra A Padhani, Jai K Das, Amina Y Shaikh, Zahra Hoodbhoy, Sarah Masroor Jeelani, Zohra S Lassi, Zulfiqar A Bhutta

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Synthesis in Nutrients, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 84 papers, 18 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

84 citing papers in PubMed, 18 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  3. Cognitive Behavioral Interventions for Children and Adolescents With Overweight or Obesity: A Systematic Review and Component Network Meta-Analysis.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2026
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  8. [Research Advancements in Gastric Capacity Intervention for Childhood and Adolescent Obesity].Sichuan da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Sichuan University. Medical science edition · 2025
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  16. Obesity in South and Southeast Asia-A new consensus on care and management.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Rehana A SalamDivision of Women and Child Health, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi 74800, Pakistan.
Zahra A PadhaniDivision of Women and Child Health, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi 74800, Pakistan.ORCID 0000-0003-4777-7565
Jai K DasDivision of Women and Child Health, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi 74800, Pakistan.
Amina Y ShaikhDivision of Women and Child Health, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi 74800, Pakistan.ORCID 0000-0003-0424-323X
Zahra HoodbhoyDivision of Women and Child Health, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi 74800, Pakistan.
Sarah Masroor JeelaniDepartment of Trauma & Orthopaedics, Macclesfield District General Hospital, East Cheshire NHS Trust Victoria Rd, Macclesfield SK10 3BL, UK.
Zohra S LassiRobinson Research Institute, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia.
Zulfiqar A BhuttaCentre for Global Child Health, the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON M5G 1X8, Canada.

Funding

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation OPP1137750
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The objective of this review was to assess the impact of lifestyle interventions (including dietary interventions, physical activity, behavioral therapy, or any combination of these interventions) to prevent and manage childhood and adolescent obesity. We conducted a comprehensive literature search across various databases and grey literature without any restrictions on publication, language, or publication status until February 2020. We included randomized controlled trials and quasi-experimental studies from both high income countries (HIC) and low-middle-income countries (LMICs). Participants were children and adolescents from 0 to 19 years of age. Studies conducted among hospitalized children and children with any pre-existing health conditions were excluded from this review. A total of 654 studies (1160 papers) that met the inclusion criteria were included in this review. A total of 359 studies targeted obesity prevention, 280 studies targeted obesity management, while 15 studies targeted both prevention and management. The majority of the studies (81%) were conducted in HICs, 10% of studies were conducted in upper middle income countries, while only 2% of the studies were conducted in LMICs. The most common setting for these interventions were communities and school settings. Evidence for the prevention of obesity among children and adolescents suggests that a combination of diet and exercise might reduce the BMI

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Disease ManagementLife StyleAdolescentBehavior TherapyBody Mass IndexChildCommunity Health ServicesDeveloped CountriesDeveloping CountriesDiet, HealthyExercise TherapyFemaleHumansMaleNon-Randomized Controlled Trials as TopicPediatric Obesityadolescentschildreninterventionsobesity

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PMID32722112
PMCPMC7468898

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