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SynthesisMaternal & child nutrition2022

Preventing and treating childhood overweight and obesity in children up to 5 years old: A systematic review by intervention setting.

Angela C Flynn, Fatma Suleiman, Hazel Windsor-Aubrey, Ingrid Wolfe, Majella O'Keeffe, Lucilla Poston, Kathryn V Dalrymple

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Synthesis in Maternal & child nutrition, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers, 10 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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31citing papers in PubMed, 10 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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

31 citing papers in PubMed, 10 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 61 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Effects of Family-Based Intervention for Childhood Obesity on Parental and Offspring Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2026
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  5. Interventions to prevent obesity in children aged 2 to 4 years old.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025
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  9. A Socio-Cognitive Review of Healthy Eating Programs in Australian Indigenous Communities.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Angela C FlynnDepartment of Women and Children's Health, King's College London, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-8438-1506
Fatma SuleimanDepartment of Nutritional Sciences, School of Life Course Sciences, King's College London, London, UK.
Hazel Windsor-AubreyDepartment of Nutritional Sciences, School of Life Course Sciences, King's College London, London, UK.
Ingrid WolfeDepartment of Women and Children's Health, King's College London, London, UK.
Majella O'KeeffeSchool of Food and Nutritional Sciences, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.
Lucilla PostonDepartment of Women and Children's Health, King's College London, London, UK.
Kathryn V DalrympleDepartment of Women and Children's Health, King's College London, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-0958-6725
King's College London · GBUniversity College Cork · IE

Funding

British Heart Foundation FS/17/71/32953British Heart Foundation PG/13/38/30289Medical Research Council MR/L002477/1Medical Research Council MR/V005839/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The prevalence of childhood obesity is increasing worldwide with long-term health consequences. Effective strategies to stem the rising childhood obesity rates are needed but systematic reviews of interventions have reported inconsistent effects. Evaluation of interventions could provide more practically relevant information when considered in the context of the setting in which the intervention was delivered. This systematic review has evaluated diet and physical activity interventions aimed at reducing obesity in children, from birth to 5 years old, by intervention setting. A systematic review of the literature, consistent with Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines, was performed. Three electronic databases were searched from 2010 up to December 2020 for randomised controlled trials aiming to prevent or treat childhood obesity in children up to 5 years old. The studies were stratified according to the setting in which the intervention was conducted. Twenty-eight studies were identified and included interventions in childcare/school (n = 11), home (n = 5), community (n = 5), hospital (n = 4), e-health (n = 2) and mixed (n = 1) settings. Thirteen (46%) interventions led to improvements in childhood obesity measures, including body mass index z-score and body fat percentage, 12 of which included both parental/family-based interventions in conjunction with modifying the child's diet and physical activity behaviours. Home-based interventions were identified as the most effective setting as four out of five studies reported significant changes in the child's weight outcomes. Interventions conducted in the home setting and those which included parents/families were effective in preventing childhood obesity. These findings should be considered when developing optimal strategies for the prevention of childhood obesity.

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Pediatric ObesityBody Mass IndexChildDietExerciseHumansOverweightParentschildcare settingchildhood obesitydiethomeinterventionphysical activityschool

Identifiers

PMID35333450
PMCPMC9218326
OpenAlexW4221075620

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