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ReviewChildren (Basel, Switzerland)2024

Associations between Meal Patterns and Risk of Overweight/Obesity in Children and Adolescents in Western Countries: A Systematic Review of Longitudinal Studies and Randomised Controlled Trials.

Georgios Saltaouras, Athanasia Kyrkili, Eirini Bathrellou, Michael Georgoulis, Mary Yannakoulia, Vasiliki Bountziouka, Urška Smrke, George Dimitrakopoulos, Meropi D Kontogianni

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Review in Children (Basel, Switzerland), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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9citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Georgios SaltaourasDepartment of Nutrition and Dietetics, School of Health Sciences and Education, Harokopio University of Athens, 17671 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0001-8945-329X
Athanasia KyrkiliDepartment of Nutrition and Dietetics, School of Health Sciences and Education, Harokopio University of Athens, 17671 Athens, Greece.
Eirini BathrellouDepartment of Nutrition and Dietetics, School of Health Sciences and Education, Harokopio University of Athens, 17671 Athens, Greece.
Michael GeorgoulisDepartment of Nutrition and Dietetics, School of Health Sciences and Education, Harokopio University of Athens, 17671 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-4619-2100
Mary YannakouliaDepartment of Nutrition and Dietetics, School of Health Sciences and Education, Harokopio University of Athens, 17671 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-2171-7337
Vasiliki BountzioukaComputer Simulation, Genomics and Data Analysis Laboratory, Department of Food Science and Nutrition, University of the Aegean, 81400 Lemnos, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-2522-1582
Urška SmrkeFaculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Maribor, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia.ORCID 0000-0003-3516-0429
George DimitrakopoulosDepartment of Informatics and Telematics, School of Digital Technology, Harokopio University of Athens, 17671 Athens, Greece.
Meropi D KontogianniDepartment of Nutrition and Dietetics, School of Health Sciences and Education, Harokopio University of Athens, 17671 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-3168-8867

Funding

European Union's HORIZON 2022 research and innovation program 101080718
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Childhood overweight/obesity (OV/OB) is a major public health problem in Western countries, often accompanied with comorbidities (e.g., hypertension and insulin resistance) (i.e., metabolically unhealthy obesity-MUO). Among diet-related risk factors of OV/OB risk and MUO, meal patterns remain limitedly studied. The aim of this systematic review was to explore associations between meal patterns and the risk of childhood OV/OB and MUO in children/adolescents aged 2-19 years. Longitudinal studies and randomised controlled trials from PUBMED and Scopus published between January 2013 and April 2024 were retrieved. Twenty-eight studies were included, all of which reported on OV/OB risk, with none on MUO risk. Regular consumption of breakfast (

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breakfastchildhood obesitymeal contextmeal frequencymeal patternsmetabolically unhealthy obesity

Identifiers

PMID39334632
PMCPMC11430606

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