Cochrane · systematic review · CD013862
Healthy eating interventions delivered in early childhood education and care settings for improving the diet of children aged six months to six years
Yoong, SL, Lum, M, Wolfenden, L, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2023 · Cochrane Library
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
7
current version
GRADE rated
7
No studies
0
Included studies
NR
No studies 0 · 0%Ungraded 0 · 0%Very low 4 · 57.1%Low 0 · 0%Moderate 3 · 42.9%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
Current version onlyComparison of early childhood education and care‐based healthy eating interventions for improving the diet of children aged six months to six years
Population: children aged six months to six years
| Outcome | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
Diet quality | SMD 0.34 | 6 studies · 1973 participants | Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, inconsistency |
Fruit consumption | SMD 0.11 | 11 studies · 2901 participants | Moderate Downgraded: risk of bias |
Vegetable consumption | SMD 0.12 | 13 studies · 3335 participants | Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, inconsistency |
Non‐core foods (i.e. less healthy or discretionary) consumption | SMD 0.05 | 7 studies · 1369 participants | Moderate Downgraded: risk of bias |
Sugar‐sweetened beverage consumption | SMD 0.1 | 3 studies · 522 participants | Moderate Downgraded: risk of bias |
Cost‐effectiveness | no estimate extracted | 6 studies · 101 participants | Very low Downgraded: imprecision, inconsistency, indirectness, publication bias |
Adverse consequences | no estimate extracted | 3 studies · 62 participants | Very low Downgraded: imprecision, indirectness, publication bias |
Comparison of early childhood education and care‐based healthy eating interventions for improving the diet of children aged six months to six years
Population: children aged six months to six years
| Outcome | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
Diet quality | SMD 0.34 | 6 studies · 1973 participants | Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, inconsistency |
Fruit consumption | SMD 0.11 | 11 studies · 2901 participants | Moderate Downgraded: risk of bias |
Vegetable consumption | SMD 0.12 | 13 studies · 3335 participants | Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, inconsistency |
Non‐core foods (i.e. less healthy or discretionary) consumption | SMD 0.05 | 7 studies · 1369 participants | Moderate Downgraded: risk of bias |
Sugar‐sweetened beverage consumption | SMD 0.1 | 3 studies · 522 participants | Moderate Downgraded: risk of bias |
Cost‐effectiveness | no estimate extracted | 6 studies · 101 participants | Very low Downgraded: imprecision, inconsistency, indirectness, publication bias |
Adverse consequences | no estimate extracted | 3 studies · 62 participants | Very low Downgraded: imprecision, indirectness, publication bias |