Table 1. MEDLINE search strategy; Ovid interface.

1	exp “Africa South of the Sahara”/
2	(sub-sahar* or east afric* or south afric* or keny* or (south adj3 sahar*)).mp.
3	1 or 2
4
5	Sedentary Lifestyle/
6	((chair or sitting or car or automobile or auto or bus or indoor or in-door or screen or computer) adj time).tw.
7	low energy expenditure.tw.
8	(computer game* or video game* or ((television adj watch*) or tv watch*)).tw.
9	television/or computers/or video games/
10	(screen based entertainment or screen-based entertainment or screen time).tw.
11	physical inactivit*.tw.
12	bed rest.mp.
13	sitting.tw.
14	exp obesity/
15	(obesit* or obese).tw.
16	exp overweight/
17	(overweight or over weight).tw.
18	exp Body Fat Distribution/
19	exp body composition/
20	Waist Circumference/
21	waist circumference.tw.
22	Skinfold Thickness/
23	(skin folds or skin fold*).tw.
24	(body composition* or BMI or body mass index).tw.
25	exp “body weights and measures”/
26	(bio-impedance analysis or BIA).tw.
27	Absorptiometry, Photon/
28	(absorptiometery or densitometry or photodensitometry or DXA or DEXA).tw.
29	Physical Fitness/
30	(physical conditioning or physical fitness).tw.
31	musculoskeletal fitness.tw.
32	physical endurance/
33	cardiovascular fitness.tw.
34	motor
35	physical exertion/
36	aerobic exercise.tw.
37	exp sports/
38	play/
39	exp physical education/
40	musculoskeletal physiological processes/or exercise/or movement/or locomotion/or running/or swimming/or walking/or motor activity/
41	or/4-40
42	(child* or adolescent* or youth* or pediatric* or paediatric*).tw.
43	3 and 41 and 42

Note: The search strategy for this systematic review was completed in tandem with a sister publication examining the evidence for a physical activity, sedentary behaviour, and physical fitness transition among school-age children and youth in Sub Saharan Africa; hence, the inclusion of these terms in the search strategy.