Article Document Information Content Entity Continuant Continuant Entity Entity Review Generically Dependent Continuant 2025-05-06T12:38:23 RDF description of The dose of behavioral interventions to prevent and treat childhood obesity: a systematic review and meta-regression [meta-analysis, review, systematic review] - http://repository.healthpartners.com/individual/document-rn1574 Physical Activity <p>BACKGROUND: A better understanding of the optimal "dose" of behavioral interventions to affect change in weight-related outcomes is a critical topic for childhood obesity intervention research. The objective of this review was to quantify the relationship between dose and outcome in behavioral trials targeting childhood obesity to guide future intervention development. METHODS: A systematic review and meta-regression included randomized controlled trials published between 1990 and June 2017 that tested a behavioral intervention for obesity among children 2-18 years old. Searches were conducted among PubMed (Web-based), Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (EBSCO platform), PsycINFO (Ovid platform) and EMBASE (Ovid Platform). Two coders independently reviewed and abstracted each included study. Dose was extracted as intended intervention duration, number of sessions, and length of sessions. Standardized effect sizes were calculated from change in weight-related outcome (e.g., BMI-Z score). RESULTS: Of the 258 studies identified, 133 had sufficient data to be included in the meta-regression. Average intended total contact (# sessions x length of sessions) was 27.7 (SD 32.2) hours and average duration was 26.0 (SD 23.4) weeks. When controlling for study covariates, a random-effects meta-regression revealed no significant association between contact hours, intended duration or their interaction and effect size. CONCLUSIONS: This systematic review identified wide variation in the dose of behavioral interventions to prevent and treat pediatric obesity, but was unable to detect a clear relationship between dose and weight-related outcomes. There is insufficient evidence to provide quantitative guidance for future intervention development. One limitation of this review was the ability to uniformly quantify dose due to a wide range of reporting strategies. Future trials should report dose intended, delivered, and received to facilitate quantitative evaluation of optimal dose. TRIAL REGISTRATIONS: The protocol was registered on PROSPERO (Registration # CRD42016036124 ).<p> Behavior 15760 1 systematic review Randomized Controlled Trials Prevention The International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity Obesity Pediatrics 14 Interventions 26100 Diet 10.1186/s12966-017-0615-7 document-rn1574 review 2022-02-21T22:48:57.408-06:00 public The dose of behavioral interventions to prevent and treat childhood obesity: a systematic review and meta-regression [meta-analysis, review, systematic review] meta-analysis