Effectiveness of Weight Management Interventions in Children: A Targeted Systematic Review for the USPSTF

By E. Whitlock, Elizabeth A. O’Connor, S. Williams, T. Beil, Kevin W Lutz. Pediatrics, 2010

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Subfields: Pharmacology, Pharmacy, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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• Systematic review of sedentary behaviour and health indicators in school-aged children and youth (2011, background): “where children and youth spend an average of 6-8 hours per day being sedentary [22-28].”
• Using logic models to capture complexity in systematic reviews (2011, methodology): “…combining behavioral counseling with drugs (sibutramine or orlistat) among children 12 years and older improve short‐term weight status, no long‐term data exist on weight regain if the drug is discontinued and harms associated with these drugs in children is uncertain (Whitlock et al., 2010).”