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ReviewThe lancet. Diabetes & endocrinology2022

Obesity in children and adolescents: epidemiology, causes, assessment, and management.

Hiba Jebeile, Aaron S Kelly, Grace O'Malley, Louise A Baur

2 registry-linked trialsOpen access · greenAbstract readReview
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Review in The lancet. Diabetes & endocrinology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 611 papers, 18 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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611citing papers in PubMed, 18 pooled it
150.7field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
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.

NCT06504563 completednot on this mapstarted 2024, after this paper: background citation

Relationship Between Kinesthetic Perception, Motor Competence, Physical Fitness and Emotional Intelligence in Obese School Children

TypeobservationalSponsorRiphah International UniversityRan2024 to 2024Enrolled97ConditionsChildren
NCT07357857 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2025, after this paper: background citation

Effectiveness of the "High Five!" Program for Reducing the Risk of Overweight and Obesity in Early School-age Children

TypeinterventionalSponsorInstitute of Mother and Child, Warsaw, PolandRan2025 to 2025Enrolled659ConditionsOverweight, Childhood, Obesity Prevention, Blood PressureArmsHigh Five
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

611 citing papers in PubMed, 18 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 825 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Determinants of Meal Satisfaction and Their Association With Childhood Obesity: A Systematic Review.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2026
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  6. The Association Between Affect and Adiposity in Childhood and Adolescence: A Systematic Review.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2026
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  18. The Impact of Yoga Practices on Body Composition and Vital Signs in Children and Adolescents With Obesity: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2025
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551 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Hiba JebeileSydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia; Institute of Endocrinology and Diabetes, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, NSW, Australia.
Aaron S KellyDepartment of Pediatrics and Center for Pediatric Obesity Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
Grace O'MalleySchool of Physiotherapy, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dublin, Ireland; Child and Adolescent Obesity Service, Children's Health Ireland at Temple Street, Dublin, Ireland.
Louise A BaurSydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia; Weight Management Services, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, NSW, Australia. Electronic address: louise.baur@health.nsw.gov.au.
University of Minnesota Medical Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This Review describes current knowledge on the epidemiology and causes of child and adolescent obesity, considerations for assessment, and current management approaches. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, obesity prevalence in children and adolescents had plateaued in many high-income countries despite levels of severe obesity having increased. However, in low-income and middle-income countries, obesity prevalence had risen. During the pandemic, weight gain among children and adolescents has increased in several jurisdictions. Obesity is associated with cardiometabolic and psychosocial comorbidity as well as premature adult mortality. The development and perpetuation of obesity is largely explained by a bio-socioecological framework, whereby biological predisposition, socioeconomic, and environmental factors interact together to promote deposition and proliferation of adipose tissue. First-line treatment approaches include family-based behavioural obesity interventions addressing diet, physical activity, sedentary behaviours, and sleep quality, underpinned by behaviour change strategies. Evidence for intensive dietary approaches, pharmacotherapy, and metabolic and bariatric surgery as supplemental therapies are emerging; however, access to these therapies is scarce in most jurisdictions. Research is still needed to inform the personalisation of treatment approaches of obesity in children and adolescents and their translation to clinical practice.

Indexed as

COVID-19Pediatric ObesityAdolescentAdultChildDietExerciseHumansPandemics

Identifiers

PMID35248172
PMCPMC9831747
OpenAlexW4214858852

What Socratic holds

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Registered trials

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the Socratic graph.