Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
. 2011 Jun;6(2-2):e46-57.
doi: 10.3109/17477166.2011.566440. Epub 2011 Jun 9.

For whom and under what circumstances do school-based energy balance behavior interventions work? Systematic review on moderators

Mine Yildirim  1 , Maartje M van Stralen, Mai J M Chinapaw, Johannes Brug, Willem van Mechelen, Jos W R Twisk, Saskia J Te Velde; Energy-Consortium
Affiliations

For whom and under what circumstances do school-based energy balance behavior interventions work? Systematic review on moderators

Mine Yildirim et al. Int J Pediatr Obes. 2011 Jun.

Abstract

The aim of this review was to systematically review the results and quality of studies investigating the moderators of school-based interventions aimed at energy balance-related behaviors. We systematically searched the electronic databases of Pubmed, EMBASE, Cochrane, PsycInfo, ERIC and Sportdiscus. In total 61 articles were included. Gender, ethnicity, age, baseline values of outcomes, initial weight status and socioeconomic status were the most frequently studied potential moderators. The moderator with the most convincing evidence was gender. School-based interventions appear to work better for girls than for boys. Due to the inconsistent results, many studies reporting non-significant moderating effects, and the moderate methodological quality of most studies, no further consistent results were found. Consequently, there is lack of insight into what interventions work for whom. Future studies should apply stronger methodology to test moderating effects of important potential target group segmentations.

PubMed Disclaimer

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Article search and study selection.
See this image and copyright information in PMC

Similar articles

See all similar articles

Cited by

See all "Cited by" articles

References

    1. Flynn MTA, McNeil DA, et al. Reducing obesity and related chronic disease risk in children and youth: a synthesis of evidence with ‘best practice’ recommendations. Obes Rev. 2006;7(Suppl. 1):7–66. - PubMed
    1. Cali AMG, Caprio S. Obesity in children and adolescents. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2008;93(11):31–6. - PMC - PubMed
    1. Wang Y, Beydoun MA. The obesity epidemic in the United States-gender, age, socioeconomic, racial/ethnic, and geographic characteristics: a systematic review and metaregression analysis. Epidemiol Rev. 2007;29:6–28. - PubMed
    1. Kremers SPJ, Visscher TLS, Seidell JC, van Mechelen W, Brug J. Cognitive determinants of energy balance-related behaviours: measurement issues. Sports Med. 2005;35(11):923–33. - PubMed
    1. Brown T, Summerbell C. Systematic review of school-based interventions that focus on changing dietary intake and physical activity levels to prevent childhood obesity: an update to the obesity guidance produced by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence. Obes Rev. 2009;10:110–41. - PubMed

Publication types