Table 2.

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

Population characteristics						Intervention characteristics
Reference	Country	Study design	Age distribution	Sample size	Type of population	Physical activity intervention	Physical activity characteristics	Nutritional intervention	Nutritional characteristics
Author information and year of publication	Country	Design of the study	Age (years) of the participants range or means±SD	Number of participants	Population characteristics (low weight, normal weight, overweight, obese)	Type of physical activity intervention (leisure time physical activity, physical activity programme and/or physical activity counselling)	Definition of physical activity intervention (length of intervention, number of sessions, duration of each session, type of physical measurement (ie, physical activity scale, accelerometer or pedometer))	Type of nutritional intervention (food education, nutritional counselling, diet intervention)	Definition of nutritional intervention (length of intervention)