Table 1.
Selected article characteristics of the sample.
| Article | N | Sample age | Sample weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schwartz et al., 2007 | 91 | 3–7 | 85th percentile ≤ BMI ≤ 95th percentile or 50th percentile ≤ BMI ≤ 85th percentile with at least 1 parent’s BMI ≥ 30 |
| Taveras et al., 2011 | 475 | 2–6 | BMI ≥ 95th percentile or 85th percentile ≤ BMI ≤ 95th percentile if at least one parent was overweight |
| Davoli et al., 2013 | 372 | 4–7 | 85th percentile ≤ BMI ≤ 95th percentile |
| Small et al., 2013 | 60 | 4–8 | Overweight or obese children according to BMI percentile |
| van Grieken et al., 2013 | 637 | 5 | Overweight not obese children |
| Wong and Cheng, 2013 | 185 | 9–11 | Obese children according to the Hong Kong Growth Survey (HKGS) sex specific reference charts of medium weight-for-height |