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ArticlePreventive medicine reports2022

Exploring the application of behaviour change technique taxonomies in childhood obesity prevention interventions: A systematic scoping review.

Debapriya Chakraborty, Bronwyn A Bailey, Anna Lene Seidler, Serene Yoong, Kylie E Hunter, Rebecca K Hodder, Angela C Webster, Brittany J Johnson

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Article in Preventive medicine reports, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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12 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  4. Identifying behavior change techniques (BCTs) in responsive feeding interventions to prevent childhood obesity-A systematic review.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2025
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  7. Characteristics of Combined Movement Behavior Interventions in Children and Adolescents: A Scoping Review.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Debapriya ChakrabortyNational Health and Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Centre, University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia.
Bronwyn A BaileyNational Health and Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Centre, University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia.
Anna Lene SeidlerNational Health and Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Centre, University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia.
Serene YoongSwinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, VIC, Australia.
Kylie E HunterNational Health and Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Centre, University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia.
Rebecca K HodderSchool of Medicine and Public Health, The University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW, Australia.
Angela C WebsterNational Health and Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Centre, University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia.
Brittany J JohnsonTOPCHILD Collaboration, University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Behaviour change technique (BCT) taxonomies provide one approach to unpack the complexity of childhood obesity prevention interventions. This scoping review sought to examine how BCT taxonomies have been applied to understand childhood obesity prevention interventions targeting children aged 12 years or under and/or their caregivers. A systematic search was conducted in Medline, Embase, PsycINFO, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, CINAHL and PROSPERO, to capture all eligible research up to February 2021. No limits were placed on country, language, publication dates, or full text availability. Eligible studies included any study design that applied a BCT taxonomy and evaluated behavioural childhood obesity prevention interventions targeting children aged 12 years or under and/or their parents or caregivers. Sixty-three records, describing 54 discrete studies were included; 32 applied a BCT taxonomy prospectively (i.e., to design interventions) and 23 retrospectively (i.e., to assess interventions), 1 study did both. There was substantial variation in the methods used to apply BCT taxonomies and to report BCT-related methods and results. There was a paucity of detail reported in how BCTs were selected in studies applying BCT taxonomies prospectively. Our review provides important insight into the application of BCT taxonomies in childhood obesity prevention and several ongoing challenges, pointing to the need for best practice reporting guidance.

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BCT, Behaviour Change TechniqueBehaviour change techniquesChildrenMethods development, interventionObesity preventionTaxonomy

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PMID35928597
PMCPMC9344347

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