Table 1.
Search strategy for the MEDLINE database.
| Search Set | Medline | Search Set | Medline |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | physical activity [tw] | #18 | paediatric obesity [mh] |
| #2 | physical exercise [tw] | #19 | adolescents [tiab] |
| #3 | physical performance [tw] | #20 | youth [tiab] |
| #4 | exercise program* [tiab] | #21 | 14 OR 15 OR 16 OR 17 OR 18 OR 19 OR 20 |
| #5 | physical fitness [mh] | #22 | underweight [tw] |
| #6 | exercise [mh] | #23 | normal weight [tw] |
| #7 | 1 OR 2 OR 3 OR 4 OR 5 OR 6 | #24 | overweight [tw] |
| #8 | training program* [tiab] | #25 | BMI [tiab] |
| #9 | prevention program* [tiab] | #26 | obesity [tiab] |
| #10 | intervention program* [tiab] | #27 | body mass index [mh] |
| #11 | promotion [tw] | #28 | 22 OR 23 OR 24 OR 25 OR 26 OR 27 |
| #12 | strategy [tw] | #29 | studies [tiab] |
| #13 | 8 OR 9 OR 10 OR 11 OR 12 | #30 | randomised controlled trials [tiab] |
| #14 | childhood obesity [tiab] | #31 | RCT [tiab] |
| #15 | obese children [tiab] | #32 | non-randomised experimental [tiab] |
| #16 | obesity prevention [tiab] | #33 | single-arm pre-post [tiab] |
| #17 | obesity review [tiab] | #34 | 29 OR 30 OR 31 OR 32 OR 33 |
| #35 | 7 AND 13 AND 21 AND 28 AND 34 |
mh: MeSH terms; tiab: title/abstract; tw: text word. * is used to search for or all terms that begin with a word (e.g., “training program*” would return results such as “training programs” and “training programme”).