SynthesisObesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity2021
Facilitators and barriers of children's participation in nutrition, physical activity, and obesity interventions: A systematic review.
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 17 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Strategies to improve recruitment to multicomponent group programs for overweight and obesity: a systematic review.Frontiers in health services · 2025Pooled it
- A systematic review of recruitment and retention of ethnic minorities and migrants in obesity prevention randomised controlled trials.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2024Pooled it
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- Feasibility and physical health outcomes of a 1-year sport-based physical activity intervention in rural middle school children.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2026Article
- Effectiveness and costs of the recruitment strategies used in the MetA-Bone trial, a randomized clinical trial to test the effects of soluble corn fiber supplementation for 1 year in children.Contemporary clinical trials · 2024Article
- Intervention Mapping for Refining a Sport-Based Public Health Intervention in Rural Schools.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- Refined Feasibility Testing of an 8-Week Sport and Physical Activity Intervention in a Rural Middle School.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- The extent and nature of children's involvement in food practice research: a scoping review of qualitative studies.Public health nutrition · 2023Article
- Leverage point themes within Dutch municipalities' healthy weight approaches: A qualitative study from a systems perspective.PloS one · 2023Article
- Perceptions of a family-based lifestyle intervention for children with overweight and obesity: a qualitative study on sustainability, self-regulation, and program optimization.BMC public health · 2022Article
- In Their Own Words: Parents and Key Informants' Views on Nutrition Education and Family Health Behaviors.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Process Evaluation of a Randomized Controlled Trial With a Mobile Health Intervention for Children With Obesity.Sage open pediatricsArticle
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Abstract
Recruitment of children into clinical trials is challenging. Most systematic reviews exploring facilitators and barriers of child recruitment in clinical trials are related to drugs or experimental treatments for various health conditions. This may differ in nutrition, physical activity, and obesity interventions. The objective was to conduct a systematic review of facilitators and barriers for children's participation in nutrition, physical activity, and obesity interventions from the perspective of parents, children, and researchers. Studies were identified from five databases and restricted to children 2-18 years and the English language. Studies without results on facilitators and barriers of recruitment were excluded. Four hundred twenty-three records were identified; 94 duplicates and 269 unrelated records were initially excluded; 60 records were reviewed for full-text, and subsequently 34 were excluded, for a total of 26 included studies. The top barriers for recruiting children into clinical trials were time constraints, understanding of clinical trial information or complexity of consent/trial info, and transportation/lack of childcare. The most common facilitators were benefits to others and self, compensation/incentives, physician recommendations/referrals, and support. These barriers and facilitators should be addressed in future studies to assist in the successful recruitment of children into nutrition, physical activity, and obesity interventions.
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