Table 2.

Characteristics of studies included in the systematic review and/or meta-analysis

				Population characteristics			Outcome
Reference	Period of study	Country	European region	Study design	Age distribution	Sample size	Underweight (%)	Overweight (%)	Obesity (%)
Fist author’s name and year of publication	Period of data collection	Country	European region	Design of the study	Age range of participants (years)	Number of participants by sex	Prevalence of underweight according to IOTF criteria by sex	Prevalence of overweight according to IOTF criteria by sex	Prevalence of obesity according to IOTF criteria by sex

IOTF, International Obesity Task Force.