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. 2015 Aug 1;11(4):338–346. doi: 10.1089/chi.2014.0117

Table 1.

Description of Included Reviews and Meta-analyses

          No. of included studies      
Reference (author and date) Country Study design Population Databases searched Children Adultsa Authors' conclusion Funding and conflict of interest (COI) AMSTAR scoreb
Clabaugh K, Neuberger GB, 2011 USA Review Children CINAHL, PubMed, Trip database, Cochrane Library L (3)
CS (4)
IN (2)
N/A (+) Unknown
COI not mentioned
5
Forshee RA, Anderson PA, Storey, 2008 USA Meta-analysis Children MedLine L (8) (two more not included in meta-analysis)
IN (2)
N/A (x) Privatec
no COI
7
Gibson S, 2008 UK Review Children and adults PubMed, Google scholar, Cochrane Library L (11)
CS (20)
IN (3)
L (6)
CS (3)
IN (1)
(x) Commissioned by the UNESDAd
COI not mentioned
3
Harrington S, 2008 USA Review Children CINAHL, MedLine L (5)
IN (2)
N/A (+) Unknown
COI not mentioned
2
AKaiser and colleagues, 2013 USA Meta-analysis Children and adults PubMed, PsycINFO, Cochrane Collaborative Website, SCOPUS, Dissertation Abstracts (PROQUEST) IN (3) IN (3) (o) Unknown
Reported COIe
9
BMalik VS, Schulze MB, Hu FB, 2006 USA and Germany Review Children and adults MedLine L (6)
CS (13)
IN (2)
L (4)
CS (2)
IN (3)
(+) Publicf
No COI
2
BMalik and colleagues, 2013 USA and Singapore Review and Meta-analysis Children and adults PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library L (14)
IN (5)
L (7) (6)a
IN (5) (2)a
(+) Publicf
No COI
9
AMattes and colleagues, 2011 USA Review and Meta-analysis Children and adults PubMed, PsycINFO, Cochrane Collaborative Website, Web of Science, Dissertation Abstracts IN (6) IN (6) (o) Publicf
Reported COIe
7
Olsen NJ, Heitmann BL, 2009 Denmark Review Children and adults MedLine, Scirus L (11)
IN (2)
L (3)
IN (3)
(+) Unknown funding
No COI
4
Osei-Assibey and colleagues, 2012 UK Review Children MedLine, Embase,CCTR, DARE, CINAHL, Psycho-Info L (3)
IN (1)
N/A (+) Public
No COI
6
Perez-Morales E, Bacardi-Gascon M, Jimenez-Cruz A, 2013 Mexico Review Children PubMed, MedLine, SciELO, EBSCO L (7) N/A (+) Unknown 4
Vartanian LR, Schwartz MB, Brownell KD, 2007 USA Review and Meta-analysis Children and adults MedLine, PsycINFO L (7)
CS (13)
IN (2)
L (2)
CS (5)
IN (5)
(+) Publicg
COI not mentioned
6
Woodward-Lopez G, Kao J, Ritchie L, 2011 USA Review Children and adults PubMed L (19)
CS (25)
IN (4)
L (5)
CS (7)
IN (3)
(+) Publich
COI not mentioned
4

A and B: same author groups. (+) association; (x) no association; (o) no conclusion.

a

Not included in the analysis.

b

Maximum AMSTAR score is 11 for meta-analysis and 10 for reviews.

c

American Beverage Association.

d

Union of European Beverages Association.

e

Gifts and grants from Coca-Cola Company, PepsiCo, Red Bull and Kraft Food.

f

NIH.

g

Rudd Foundation.

h

The California Endowment, the California Center for Public Health Advocate.

AMSTAR, Assessment of Multiple SysTemAtic Reviews; L, longitudinal; CS, cross-sectional; IN, intervention.