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)
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.