Table 1.
Searches on MEDLINE, SCOPUS, WEB OF SCIENCE and CINAHL from inception to May 2020
| Number of records Search updated 15/5/2020 | Number of records Search conducted 23/5/2019 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| For MEDLINE (OVID; 1966) | |||
| 1 | exp infant/ | 1,128,327 | 1,096,984 |
| 2 | child, preschool/ or exp. infant, newborn/ | 1,346,166 | 1,306,248 |
| 3 | child*.tw. | 1,362,646 | 1,297,657 |
| 4 | p?ediatr*.tw. | 345,746 | 321,730 |
| 5 | newborn*.tw. | 159,763 | 154,057 |
| 6 | toddler*.tw. | 10,743 | 9884 |
| 7 | pre?school*.tw. | 28,089 | 26,452 |
| 8 | babies.tw. | 36,506 | 35,004 |
| 9 | baby.tw. | 37,467 | 35,675 |
| 10 | neonat*.tw. | 260,610 | 248,563 |
| 11 | infan*.tw. | 432,073 | 414,324 |
| 12 | or/1–11 | 2,646,778 | 2,540,388 |
| 13 | pediatric obesity/ | 8130 | 6686 |
| 14 | p?ediatric obesity.tw. | 1327 | 1226 |
| 15 | obesity/ | 177,751 | 169,076 |
| 16 | obes*.tw. | 292,628 | 272,156 |
| 17 | overweight/ | 24,244 | 22,316 |
| 18 | over?weight.tw. | 67,592 | 62,394 |
| 19 | over?fe*.tw. | 2025 | 1912 |
| 20 | weight gain/ or weight loss/ | 64,821 | 61,683 |
| 21 | (weight adj4 (loss or gain or excess or increase or decrease)).tw. | 171,307 | 161,199 |
| 22 | BMI.tw. | 139,870 | 127,847 |
| 23 | Body mass index.tw. | 178,809 | 164,850 |
| 24 | body mass index/ | 124,645 | 117,367 |
| 25 | or/13–24 | 642,516 | 600,221 |
| 26 | exp health promotion/ | 75,732 | 72,135 |
| 27 | exp health education/ | 241,031 | 232,601 |
| 28 | (health* adj4 (behavio?r or promot* or educat* or eat* or food*)).tw. | 171,123 | 157,573 |
| 29 | behavio?r therapy.tw. | 6652 | 6336 |
| 30 | early intervent*.tw. | 18,692 | 17,152 |
| 31 | early child*.tw. | 26,789 | 24,884 |
| 32 | motivat*.tw. | 129,595 | 119,624 |
| 33 | exp child health services/ | 24,033 | 23,215 |
| 34 | social support*.tw. | 38,032 | 35,119 |
| 35 | counsel*.tw. | 106,490 | 99,853 |
| 36 | (parent* adj3 group*).tw. | 7327 | 6943 |
| 37 | mother* group*.tw. | 340 | 325 |
| 38 | breastfeeding/ | 37,064 | 35,511 |
| 39 | breast?feed*.tw. | 25,812 | 23,688 |
| 40 | breast?fed*.tw. | 6694 | 6203 |
| 41 | ((infant* or child*) adj4 (feed* or food* or meal* or diet*)).tw. | 35,522 | 33,342 |
| 42 | (feeding adj4 (practice* or behavio?r* or style*)).tw. | 18,344 | 17,186 |
| 43 | solid*.tw. | 352,781 | 328,752 |
| 44 | (introduc* adj3 solid*).tw. | 1389 | 1292 |
| 45 | diet*.tw. | 552,787 | 522,485 |
| 46 | nutr*.tw. | 397,898 | 370,735 |
| 47 | (diet* adj4 (intake or modification* or habit*)).tw. | 66,999 | 62,921 |
| 48 | vegetable*.tw. | 54,058 | 50,178 |
| 49 | fruit*.tw. | 104,890 | 96,805 |
| 50 | eating habit*.tw. | 5276 | 4862 |
| 51 | play*.tw. | 1,176,268 | 1,102,335 |
| 52 | exp exercise/ | 191,577 | 178,510 |
| 53 | physical activit*.tw. | 108,536 | 99,211 |
| 54 | ((screen* or device* or computer* or television* or TV) adj4 time).tw. | 18,403 | 16,937 |
| 55 | sedentar*.tw. | 31,004 | 28,619 |
| 56 | supine* position.tw. | 10,881 | 10,400 |
| 57 | or/26–56 | 3,247,052 | 3,048,762 |
| 58 | pregnant women/ | 8099 | 7443 |
| 59 | (pregnan* adj4 (wom?n or mother*)).tw. | 140,528 | 131,818 |
| 60 | ((ante?natal or pre?natal or post?natal or post?partum or post?birth) adj4 wom?n).tw. | 17,970 | 16,561 |
| 61 | (expec* adj3 mother*).tw. | 1969 | 1833 |
| 62 | mothers/ | 42,794 | 39,792 |
| 63 | mother*.tw. | 216,584 | 205,204 |
| 64 | or/58–63 | 347,003 | 327,952 |
| 65 | 12 and 25 and 57 and 64 | 8097 | 7401 |
| 66 | cell phone/ or text messaging/ | 10,432 | 9442 |
| 67 | (mobile* or telephone* or phone* or smart?phone* or cell?phone* or hand?held).tw. | 189,480 | 175,681 |
| 68 | (text* adj2 messag*).tw. | 4048 | 3474 |
| 69 | SMS.tw. | 5750 | 5204 |
| 70 | (mobile* adj3 app*).tw. | 7110 | 5779 |
| 71 | or/66–70 | 197,231 | 182,657 |
| 72 | 65 and 71 | 220 | 202 |
| SCOPUS (Elsevier 1980) | |||
| search terms as in MEDLINE | 280 | 237 | |
| WEB OF SCIENCE (Clarivate Analytics post-2016, Thomson Reuters pre-2016) | |||
| search terms as in MEDLINE | 488 | 429 | |
| CINAHL Complete (EBSCOhost; 1994) | |||
| search terms as in MEDLINE | 4 | 4 | |
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