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88 questions · 89 findings · 9 reviews · Public Health

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No studies found 7 · 7.9%GRADE not reported 0 · 0%Very low 14 · 15.7%Low 33 · 37.1%Moderate 21 · 23.6%High 14 · 15.7%

Adverse event outcomes for dietary combined with physical activity interventions vs physical activity interventions

Body‐mass index (BMI) · children aged 6‐12 years

1 finding from 1 review

Interventions for preventing obesity in children 2019 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
1 study · 3946 participants
High

Adverse event outcomes for dietary combined with physical activity interventions vs physical activity interventions

Body‐mass index z score (zBMI) · children aged 6‐12 years

1 finding from 1 review

Interventions for preventing obesity in children 2019 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
1 study · 3946 participants
High

Adverse event outcomes for physical activity interventions vs no intervention

Physical injuries · children aged 6‐12 years

1 finding from 1 review

Interventions for preventing obesity in children 2019 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
1 study · 912 participants
Low

Adverse event outcomes for dietary combined with physical activity interventions vs control

Physical injuries · children aged 0 to 5 years

1 finding from 1 review

Interventions for preventing obesity in children 2019 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
1 study · 652 participants
Low

Physical activity vs control

Body‐mass index z score (zBMI) · children aged 6‐12 years

1 finding from 1 review

Interventions for preventing obesity in children 2019 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
8 studies · 6841 participants
Moderate

Physical activity vs control

Body‐mass index (BMI) · children aged 6‐12 years

1 finding from 1 review

Interventions for preventing obesity in children 2019 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
14 studies · 16410 participants
Moderate

Physical activity vs control

Body‐mass index (BMI) · children aged 0‐5 years

1 finding from 1 review

Interventions for preventing obesity in children 2019 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
5 studies · 2233 participants
High

Physical activity vs control

Body‐mass index z score (zBMI) · children aged 0‐5 years

1 finding from 1 review

Interventions for preventing obesity in children 2019 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
4 studies · 1053 participants
High

Physical activity vs control

Body‐mass index z score (zBMI) · children aged 13‐18 years

1 finding from 1 review

Interventions for preventing obesity in children 2019 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
1 study · 100 participants
Low

Physical activity vs control

Body‐mass index (BMI) · children aged 13‐18 years

1 finding from 1 review

Interventions for preventing obesity in children 2019 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
4 studies · 720 participants
Very low

Intervention not reported

Student physical activity

The intervention showed no clear difference in student physical activity (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Strategies for enhancing the implementation of school‐based policies or practices targeting diet, physical activity,… 2022 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
SMD 0.09
9 studies · 16389 participants
Low

Intervention not reported

Moderate to vigorous physical activity (minutes/d) [ · children and adolescents aged 6 to 18 years

1 finding from 1 review

School‐based physical activity programs for promoting physical activity and fitness in children and adolescents aged 6… 2021 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
33 studies · 20614 participants
Moderate

Intervention not reported

Total daily moderate‐to‐vigorous physical activity (MVPA) · health problem or population

1 finding from 1 review

Interventions in outside‐school hours childcare settings for promoting physical activity amongst schoolchildren aged 4… 2021 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
6 studies · 3036 participants
Low

Intervention not reported

Implementation of policies, practices or programmes that promote child healthy eating, physical activity and/or obesity prevention · children up to the age of 6 years

The intervention probably leads to higher implementation of policies, practices or programmes that promote… (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Strategies to improve the implementation of healthy eating, physical activity and obesity prevention policies,… 2020 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
SMD 0.49 [0.19, 0.79]
9 studies · 495 participants
Moderate

Intervention not reported

Measures of child physical activityf · children up to the age of 6 years

1 finding from 1 review

Strategies to improve the implementation of healthy eating, physical activity and obesity prevention policies,… 2020 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
2 studies · 53 participants
Moderate

Summary of findings: strategies to improve the implementation of workplace‐based health promotion vs no implementation strategy

Implementation of workplace‐based policies or practices targeting diet, physical activity, obesity, tobacco use or alcohol use · workplace employees

Summary of findings: strategies to improve the implementation of… showed no clear difference in implementation of workplace‐based policies or practices targeting… compared with no implementation strategy (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Strategies to improve the implementation of workplace‐based policies or practices targeting tobacco, alcohol, diet,… 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
3 studies · 191 participants
Low

Summary of findings: strategies to improve the implementation of workplace‐based health promotion vs no implementation strategy

Employee physical activity, weight status, and alcohol use · workplace employees

The review found no eligible studies for this question.

1 finding from 1 review

Strategies to improve the implementation of workplace‐based policies or practices targeting tobacco, alcohol, diet,… 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found

Intervention not reported

Physical activity % Physically active Intervention compared to control adjusted pre/post cross‐sectional sampling (end of intervention to 6 years) · whole communities (adults, adolescents and children)

1 finding from 1 review

Community wide interventions for increasing physical activity 2015 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
Low

Intervention not reported

Physical activity % physically active Intervention compared to control adjusted pre‐post cross‐sectional sampling (end of intervention to 3 years, 4 months) · whole communities (adults, adolescents and children)

1 finding from 1 review

Community wide interventions for increasing physical activity 2015 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
High

Intervention not reported

Physical activity Average daily minutes of moderate to vigorous (24 months) · whole communities (adults, adolescents and children)

1 finding from 1 review

Community wide interventions for increasing physical activity 2015 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
Moderate