ReviewChildren (Basel, Switzerland)2023
Effectiveness of School-Based Interventions in Europe for Promoting Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors in Children.
Review in Children (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Association Between Physical Activity and Indicators of Overweight/Obesity and Metabolically Unhealthy Obesity Risk in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review of Prospective Epidemiological Studies and Randomized Controlled Trials in Western Countries.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2026Pooled it
- The Effectiveness of School-Based Physical Activity Promotion on Mental Health Among Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review.Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports · 2025Pooled it
- Umbrella review of international evidence for the effectiveness of school-based physical activity interventions.PloS one · 2024Pooled it
- Impact of a participatory research intervention based on a citizen science approach on snacking consumption in European adolescents from deprived areas: a cluster randomised control trial of the SEEDS project.BMC public health · 2026Trial
- Physical Activity as a Mediator of the Relationship Between Mediterranean Diet Adherence and Anxiety Symptoms in Chilean Adolescents: A Cross-Sectional Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- "The missing piece in the puzzle" - Success factors and barriers for scale-up and sustainment of the Healthy School Start program.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2026Article
- Breaking the obesity-cancer link: assessing European school-based and complementary obesity-prevention strategies and their implementation obstacles.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Assessing the association between health promotion initiatives and student nutritional status and lifestyle: a regional observational study from Italy.Frontiers in public health · 2026Observational
- Health Education in the Curriculum of Early Childhood Education in Galicia, Spain: An Analysis of Decree 150/2022.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Parental Perceptions About Energy Balance Related Behaviors and Their Determinants Among Children and Adolescents Living with Disability: A Qualitative Study in Greece.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Behavioral change interventions, theories, and techniques to reduce physical inactivity and sedentary behavior in the general population: a scoping review.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Effect of School-Based Educational Intervention on Childhood Obesity in Croatian Urban and Rural Settings.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Daily Activities in European Children and Adolescents During COVID-19 School Closure: A Longitudinal Study Exploring Physical Activity, Use of Screens, and Sleep Patterns.Journal of prevention (2022) · 2024Article
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- Evaluation of physical fitness and health of young children aged between 3 and 6 based on cluster and factor analyses.BMC public health · 2024Article
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Abstract
The objective of this narrative review was to summarize existing literature on the effectiveness of school-based interventions, implemented in Europe, under the aim of promoting healthy lifestyle behaviors in children (6-10 years old). A search of PubMed, Scopus, EFSA and Google Scholar databases was performed for studies published from January 2016 to June 2022. Specific search terms and exclusion criteria were used. Based on the results, diet and physical activity interventions had favorable effects on a series of health outcomes, including anthropometric parameters, biomarkers, eating behavior and self-efficacy. Diet-only interventions had a positive impact specifically on eating habits, mostly on water consumption. Most successful interventions lasted for 1 school year, and they were characterized by parental involvement and teachers' training.
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