Cochrane · systematic review · CD012651

Diet, physical activity and behavioural interventions for the treatment of overweight or obese children from the age of 6 to 11 years

Mead, E, Brown, T, Rees, K, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2017 · Cochrane Library

Metabolic and Endocrine DisordersAMSTAR 2: not assessed
SoF tableOnly the outcomes this review put in its Summary of Findings table are listed (the Cochrane Handbook caps them at about seven per comparison). Its other analyses are not shown here.
Questions
6
current version
GRADE rated
3
No studies
3
Included studies
NR
No studies 3 · 50%Ungraded 0 · 0%Very low 1 · 16.7%Low 2 · 33.3%Moderate 0 · 0%High 0 · 0%

Ungraded means an effect was reported without a GRADE rating; it is not a gap. No studies means the review found nothing to answer the question. The six categories are a display order, not a score.

Questions and results

Diet, physical activity and behavioural interventions for the treatment of overweight or obesity in children aged 6 to 11 years

Population: children (aged 6 to 11 years) being overweight or obese
6 questions
OutcomeEffectEvidenceStatus / GRADE
Change in BMI (kg/m²)
no estimate extracted24 studies · 2785 participantsLow
Downgraded: risk of bias, inconsistency
Adverse events (serious adverse events)
RR 0.57 [0.17, 1.93]31 studies · 4096 participantsLow
Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision
Change in health‐related quality of life (SMD) Parent‐reported measures Instruments: PedsQL parent proxy: 23 items that yield total, physical summary, and psychosocial summary scores, each with a possible range of 0‐100 (100 = best possible health...
no estimate extracted5 studies · 718 participantsVery low
Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency
All‐cause mortality
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Morbidity
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Socioeconomic effects
no estimate extractedNRNo studies