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SynthesisNutrients2023

Effectiveness of Lifestyle Nutrition and Physical Activity Interventions for Childhood Obesity and Associated Comorbidities among Children from Minority Ethnic Groups: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

George Obita, Ahmad Alkhatib

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In one paragraph

Synthesis in Nutrients, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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30citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
12.5field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

30 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 43 citations in OpenAlex.

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  14. Social epidemiology of cardiometabolic risk factors in early adolescents.International journal of cardiology. Cardiovascular risk and prevention · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

George ObitaSchool of Health and Life Sciences, Teesside University, Tees Valley, Middlesbrough TS1 3BX, UK.
Ahmad AlkhatibSchool of Health and Life Sciences, Teesside University, Tees Valley, Middlesbrough TS1 3BX, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-1244-1861
Teesside University · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lifestyle physical activity (PA) and nutrition are known to be effective interventions in preventing and managing obesity-related comorbidities among adult populations but less so among children and adolescents. We examined the effectiveness of lifestyle interventions in children from minority ethnic populations in Western high-income countries (HICs). Our systematic review included 53 studies, involving 26,045 children from minority ethnic populations who followed lifestyle intervention programmes lasting between 8 weeks and 5 years with the aim of preventing and/or managing childhood obesity and associated comorbidities, including adiposity and cardiometabolic risks. The studies were heterogenous in terms of lifestyle intervention components (nutrition, PA, behavioural counselling) and settings (community vs. schools and after-school settings). Our meta-analysis included 31 eligible studies and showed no significant effects of lifestyle interventions when they focused on body mass index (BMI) outcomes (pooled BMI mean change = -0.09 (95% CI = -0.19, 0.01);

Indexed as

Pediatric ObesityAdolescentAdultChildEthnicityExerciseHumansLife StyleMinority GroupsOverweightbehaviourdietethnicityexercisehealthcare preventionhealth programmehigh-risk population

Identifiers

PMID37299488
PMCPMC10255126
OpenAlexW4378714654

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