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SynthesisJMIR mHealth and uHealth2022

The Effectiveness of Wearable Devices as Physical Activity Interventions for Preventing and Treating Obesity in Children and Adolescents: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Wentao Wang, Jing Cheng, Weijun Song, Yi Shen

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Synthesis in JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers, 8 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

39 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 75 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Wentao WangDepartment of Basic Education, Zhejiang Tongji Vocational College of Science and Technology, Hangzhou, China.ORCID 0000-0003-0801-1196
Jing ChengDepartment of Basic Education, Zhejiang Tongji Vocational College of Science and Technology, Hangzhou, China.ORCID 0000-0001-6147-8356
Weijun SongDepartment of Basic Education, Zhejiang Tongji Vocational College of Science and Technology, Hangzhou, China.ORCID 0000-0003-0050-5618
Yi ShenDepartment of Basic Education, Zhejiang Tongji Vocational College of Science and Technology, Hangzhou, China.ORCID 0000-0001-6417-2301
Zhejiang Tongji Vocational College of Science and Technology · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe prevalence of obesity in children and adolescents remains a global public health issue. Wearable devices may offer new opportunities for prevention and intervention in obesity. Previous systematic reviews have only examined the effect of the wearable device interventions on preventing and treating obesity in adults. However, no systematic review has provided an evaluation of wearable devices as physical activity interventions for preventing and treating obesity in children and adolescents.

objectiveThe purpose of this review and meta-analysis was to evaluate the effectiveness of wearable devices as physical activity interventions on obesity-related anthropometric outcomes in children and adolescents.

methodsResearch articles retrieved from PubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane Library, Scopus, and EBSCO from inception to February 1, 2021, were reviewed. The search was designed to identify studies utilizing wearable devices for preventing and treating obesity in children and adolescents. The included studies were evaluated for risk of bias following the Cochrane recommendation. Meta-analyses were conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of wearable devices as physical activity interventions on body weight, body fat, BMI z-score (BMI-Z), BMI, and waist circumference. Subgroup analyses were performed to determine whether the characteristics of the interventions had an impact on the effect size.

resultsA total of 12 randomized controlled trials (3227 participants) were selected for meta-analysis. Compared with the control group, wearable device interventions had statistically significant beneficial effects on BMI (mean difference [MD] -0.23; 95% CI -0.43 to -0.03; P=.03; I

conclusionsEvidence from this meta-analysis shows that wearable devices as physical activity interventions may be useful for preventing and treating obesity in children and adolescents. Future research is needed to identify the most effective physical activity indicators of wearable devices to prevent and treat obesity in children and adolescents.

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Pediatric ObesityWearable Electronic DevicesAdolescentAdultBody WeightChildExerciseHumansOverweightadolescentschildrenmeta-analysisobesitywearable devices

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PMID35394447
PMCPMC9034426
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