Table 1.

Summary of previously published reviews on physical activity promotion in children with a focus on family- and community-based interventions (presented in chronological order).

Reference	Review type	Search (databases & period)	Main inclusion criteria	Exclusion criteria	Number & references of studies included a,b
Salmon et al 20075	Narrative review	Medline and Premedline; Sportsdiscus; PsychInfo; Psyc-ARTICLES; Cochrane; CINAHL; ScienceDirect; Web of Knowledge; Social SciSearch; all Ovid databases (01/1985-06/2006)	1) children (4–12 years) or adolescents (13–19 years); 2) report of PA outcomes (studies that only reported on fitness outcomes were excluded); 3) sample size of more than 16; and 4) RCT, group randomized trial, or quasi-experimental study design.	Studies only reporting fitness or health outcomes; overweight or obesity treatment studies; studies of clinical populations.	Family setting: 9 studies (8 children).12- 16, 17, 19, 23, 28, 29 Community setting: 3 studies (all children).25, 30, 31
Van Sluijs et al 20076	Systematic review, assessing methodological quality. Conclusions drawn using levels of evidence.	Pubmed, Psychlit, SCOPUS, Ovid Medline, Sportdiscus, and Embase (inception-12/2006)	1) children (<12 years) or adolescents (≥12 years); 2) main intervention component or one of the components was aimed at promotion of PA through behaviour change; 3) inclusion of a non-PA intervention for the control group; and 4) reported statistical analyses of a PA outcome measure.	Interventions aimed at reducing sedentary behaviour or structured exercise programs; studies of populations selected on basis of specific disease or health problem.	Family setting: 5 studies (4 children).13, 15, 17, 18, 20 Community setting: 3 studies (2 children).14, 26, 27
NICE 20097	Systematic review, assessing methodological quality. Narrative account of studies and results.	Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Medline, EMBASE, PsycINFO, CINAHL, HMIC, Sportsdiscus, ASSIA, SIGLE, Current Contents, ERIC, TRANSPORT, Environline, EPPI Centre Databases, NRR (inception-08/2007)	1) Intervention study; 2) age group studied aged ≤ 18 years; 3) based in a family or community setting; and 4) outcome reported on PA behaviour or core physical skills.	Main focus on treating obesity; studies from less economically developed countries or primarily investigating ethnic groups that do not have large populations in England; interventions primarily based within the school curriculum; environmental interventions (covered in previous NICE guidance); study included within one of the other four reviews in the series (e.g. adolescent girls).	Family setting: 11 studies (8 children).13- 16, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 32, 33 Community setting: 2 studies (adolescents).27, 34

PA: Physical activity, CT: controlled trial, RCT: randomised controlled trial.

^aOther categories reported but excluded for this review: Salmon et al 2007: school (including sub-categories), primary care; van Sluijs et al 2007: school, school plus community or family, primary care; NICE 2009: primary care, out of school hours clubs, schools and family.

^bReferences presented in bold were presented as effective in increasing young people’s physical activity.