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Childhood obesity interventions need to address groups experiencing inequities
  1. Marilyn Frenn
  1. College of Nursing, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
  1. Correspondence to Dr Marilyn Frenn; marilyn.frenn{at}marquette.edu

https://doi.org/10.1136/ebnurs-2024-104143

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    Commentary on: Spiga, F., Davies, A. L., Tomlinson, E., et al(2024). Interventions to prevent obesity in children aged 5 to 11 years old. The Cochrane database of systematic reviews, 5(5), CD015328. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD015328.pub2

    Implications for practice and research

    • Those with low income and minoritised groups in high-income countries have the highest risk for childhood obesity but publications rarely report results of interventions for these subgroups.

    • Researchers need to report subanalyses for groups most at risk in order to better inform childhood obesity policy and other upstream interventions.

    Context

    Childhood obesity is increasing around the world, so a Cochrane systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) was conducted. Studies published prior to February 2023 examining nutrition, physical activity or both interventions for those age 5–11 years were included.1

    Methods

    The purpose of the study was to ‘assess the effects of …

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    Footnotes

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Provenance and peer review Commissioned; internally peer reviewed.