What childhood obesity prevention programmes work? A systematic review and meta-analysis

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 547-565

  Wang, Y ^a,b,c   Cai, L ^b,d   Wu, Y ^b   Wilson, R F ^b   Weston, C ^b   Fawole, O ^b   Bleich, S N ^b   Cheskin, L J ^b   Showell, N N ^c   Lau, B D ^c   Chiu, D T ^b   Zhang, A ^b   Segal, J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Childhood; Obesity; Prevention; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; DIET; EVALUATION STUDY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SITTING; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED STATES; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; EXERCISE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LOW CALORY DIET; MOTIVATION; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; WEIGHT LOSS PROGRAM;

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; DIET, REDUCING; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; EXERCISE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT REDUCTION PROGRAMS;

EID: 84931562494     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/obr.12277     Document Type: Article

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