School-based interventions for the treatment of childhood obesity: a systematic review, meta-analysis and meta-regression of cluster randomised controlled trials

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BackgroundObesity has become an important threat to children’s health, with physical and psychological impacts that extend into adulthood. Limited physical activity and sedentary behavior are associated with increased obesity risk. Because children spend approximately 6 h each day in school, researchers increasingly study how obesity is influenced by school-day physical activity and energy expenditure (EE) patterns among school-aged children by using wearable devices that collect data at freq...

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Authors: Ho, TJH; Cheng, LJ; Lau, Y

• Publication status: Published
• Peer review status: Peer reviewed
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Journal: Public Health Nutrition
• Volume: 24
• Issue: 10
• Pages: 3087-3099
• Publication date: 2021-03-22
• DOI: 10.1017/s1368980021001117
• EISSN: 1475-2727
• ISSN: 1368-9800
• Language: English
• Keywords: Cluster (spacecraft); Overweight; Childhood obesity; Psychiatry; Physical therapy; Psychological intervention; Pediatrics; Cluster randomised controlled trial; Systematic review; Medicine; Meta-analysis; Obesity; MEDLINE; Meta-regression; Randomized controlled trial; Internal medicine