Table 1.

General inclusion/exclusion criteria for key questions.

Category	Inclusion criteria	Exclusion criteria
Study design	All trials including randomized clinical trials, comparative effectiveness studies, etc. (should have a comparator such as another intervention or usual care control group). Observational Cross-sectional Qualitative	Editorial Newspaper article Press release Commentary Conference talk Case studies Systematic reviews
Setting	Primary care Ambulatory care University internal medicine Health clinic (FQHC or public health clinic)	Hospital/inpatient Community Academic
Date published	2004–2014	Prior to 2004
Language	English-speaking	Not English-speaking
Country	Only United States	Not United States
Population	Adults ages 18–75 years	Aged < 18 or > 75 years
Intervention	Lifestyle counseling related to diet, physical activity or obesity. Interventions with a nutrition and/or weight management component.	Doesn't have components aforementioned in inclusion criteria (e.g. primary intervention is pharmacological strategy only. No lifestyle counseling or diet/physical activity activities are integrated into the intervention.)
	Intervention components that pertain to counseling, printed materials, coaching, etc.
	Outcomes related to diet/nutrition, physical activity, weight loss, body mass index, and obesity.