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. 2020 Jan 19;21(4):e12962. doi: 10.1111/obr.12962

Table 1.

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria Exclusion Criteria
Setting All countries None
Participants Those aged between 15 and 35 years, inclusive (at least 2 time‐points within that range)

Those aged below 15 years of age or above 35 years of age

 

Participant groups selected based on a preexisting health condition (including prediabetes but excluding weight status)

Exposure Life transitions related to entering or leaving education and employment: eg, leaving high school, starting postsecondary education, leaving post‐secondary education, starting employment, and leaving employment Papers that do not include data pre and post an education or employment transition
Outcomes

Individual level change in the following outcomes:

 

Diet: intake of energy, macronutrients, foods, food groups, and dietary patterns

 

Eating behaviours: eg, eating outside the home, fast food consumption, social aspects of eating, meal and snack consumption, and cooking

 

Physical activity: moderate‐to‐vigorous physical activity, vigorous physical activity, light physical activity, total activity, sport participation, active travel, and energy expenditure

 

Adiposity: BMI, body weight, body composition, anthropometry, overweight, and obesity

Studies including no dietary, PA, or adiposity outcomes

 

Studies reporting tracking of outcomes only with no data on absolute change in behaviour

 

Studies reporting solely on alcohol intake

 

Studies reporting on eating disorders or weight reduction behaviour

 

Studies reporting on dietary supplements only

Study type

Longitudinal prospective quantitative studies, with data reported including on specified outcomes before and after becoming a parent

 

Observational analyses of longitudinal data that was originally collected as part of an intervention/trial but reported as a separate analysis

Other quantitative study types

 

Qualitative study

 

Intervention studies/trial analyses

 

Reviews

 

Case‐control studies

 

Retrospective study

Publication type Journal article Conference abstract, study protocol, report, dissertation, book and professional journal
Publication year Any
Language English All other languages