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Effect of obesity treatment interventions in preschool children aged 2-6 years: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 8 citations in OpenAlex.
- A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials of Behavioral Interventions for the Management of Overweight and Obesity in Children That Are Delivered or Referred to by Health Providers in Primary Care.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2026Pooled it
- Assessing the effectiveness of healthy weight interventions in the early years of childhood: a systematic review and meta-analysis of evidence from high-income countries.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2026Pooled it
- Public health interventions for the prevention and management of overweight and obesity in children and adolescents: a rapid review.Frontiers in public health · 2026Pooled it
- Lifestyle interventions and 24-hour movement behaviors in preschool children: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2026Pooled it
- Predicting obesity at adolescence from an early age in a Dutch observational cohort study: the development and internal validation of a multivariable prediction model.BMC pediatrics · 2025Observational
- Kindergarten-based obesity prevention trial based on self-regulation strategy: study protocol of the Wuhan preschoolers' healthy start project.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2025Article
- Exploring the association between individual, family, and program characteristics and change in health outcomes 12 months after enrollment into the CANadian Pediatric Weight management Registry (CANPWR).International journal of obesity (2005) · 2025Article
- Replicability, adaptability and long-term impact of the 'Healthy Youngsters, Healthy Dads' program in Newcastle, Australia.Health promotion international · 2024Article
- Developing Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors in Early Age-An Intervention Study in Kindergartens.Nutrients · 2023Article
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6 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
objectives(1) To summarise the literature on the impact of paediatric weight management interventions on health outcomes in preschool age children with overweight or obesity and (2) to evaluate the completeness of intervention description and real-world applicability using validated tools.
designSystematic review and meta-analysis. DATA SOURCES: MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL, Cochrane Library and PsychInfo were searched between 10 March 2015 and 21 November 2021. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA: Randomised controlled trials addressing weight management in preschool children (2-6 years) with overweight or obesity. DATA EXTRACTION AND SYNTHESIS: Two reviewers independently extracted key information from each study and assessed risk of bias. Random-effects meta-analysis was performed where there was evidence for homogeneous effects. The certainty of evidence was assessed by the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation.
resultsOf the 16 908 studies retrieved, 9 trials (1687 participants) met the inclusion criteria. These interventions used motivational interviewing (MI) or multicomponent educational interventions related to health behaviour approaches and were 6-12 months in duration. All studies contained some risk of bias. A difference was found in the intervention groups compared with controls for body mass index (BMI) z score (mean difference -0.10, 95% CI -0.12 to -0.09; eight trials, 1491 participants; p<0.001; I
conclusionsPaediatric weight management interventions delivered to the parents of young children with obesity result in small declines in BMI z score. The results should be interpreted cautiously as they were inconsistent and the quality of the evidence was low. PROSPERO REGISTRATION NUMBER: CRD42020166843.
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