The effectiveness of nurse-led interventions to prevent childhood and adolescent overweight and obesity: A systematic review of randomised trials.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Obesity among children and adolescents continues to rise worldwide. Despite the efforts of the healthcare workforce, limited high-quality evidence has been put forward demonstrating effective childhood obesity interventions. The role of nurses as primary actors in childhood obesity prevention has also been underresearched given the size of the workforce and their growing involvement in chronic disease prevention.

Aim

To examine the effectiveness of nurse-led interventions to prevent childhood and adolescent overweight and obesity.

Design

A systematic review of randomised trials.

Data sources

Medline, CINAHL, EMBASE, Cochrane (CENTRAL), ProQuest Central and SCOPUS were searched from inception to March 2020.

Review methods

This review was inform

SUBMITTER: Whitehead L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9290653 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature