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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Sep 7.
Published in final edited form as: Obes Rev. 2015 Apr 20;16(7):547–565. doi: 10.1111/obr.12277

Table 2.

Percentage (%) of childhood obesity prevention studies showing favourable adiposity-related outcomes by primary intervention setting and type of intervention*

Setting Type of intervention, number
of studies
% with statistically significant and favourable results (P < 0.05)
% with favourable results (P < 0.05 not necessary)
Diet-only
interventions
PA-only
interventions
Combined diet–PA
interventions
Total Diet-only
interventions
PA-only
interventions
Combined diet–PA
interventions
Total
School based D, 5; PA, 25; C, 85; Total, 115 80 28 36 36 100 64 64 66
Home based D, 1; PA, 0; C, 5; Total, 6 0 0 0 0 20 17
Primary care based D, 0; PA, 0; C, 3; Total, 3 33 33 33 33
Child care based D, 0; PA, 2; C, 3; Total, 5 50 33 40 50 33 40
Community based D, 1; PA, 1; C, 8; Total, 10 100 0 50 50 100 0 63 60
Total D, 7; PA, 28; C, 104; Total, 139 71 29 35 36 86 61 60 62
*

Our original KQ6/setting focused on consumer health informatics-based interventions. These results are reported here under other KQs based on primary setting.

C, diet–PA combined interventions; D, diet-only intervention; PA, PA-only intervention.