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Are There Effective Interventions to Increase Physical Activity in Children and Young People? An Umbrella Review

Background: Obesity and physical inactivity among children and young people are public health concerns. While numerous interventions to promote physical activity are available, little is known about the most effective ones. This study aimed to summarize the existing evidence on interventions that ai...

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Autores principales: Mannocci, Alice, D’Egidio, Valeria, Backhaus, Insa, Federici, Antonio, Sinopoli, Alessandra, Ramirez Varela, Andrea, Villari, Paolo, La Torre, Giuseppe
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Publicado: MDPI 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7277151/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32443505
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17103528
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author Mannocci, Alice
D’Egidio, Valeria
Backhaus, Insa
Federici, Antonio
Sinopoli, Alessandra
Ramirez Varela, Andrea
Villari, Paolo
La Torre, Giuseppe
author_facet Mannocci, Alice
D’Egidio, Valeria
Backhaus, Insa
Federici, Antonio
Sinopoli, Alessandra
Ramirez Varela, Andrea
Villari, Paolo
La Torre, Giuseppe
author_sort Mannocci, Alice
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description Background: Obesity and physical inactivity among children and young people are public health concerns. While numerous interventions to promote physical activity are available, little is known about the most effective ones. This study aimed to summarize the existing evidence on interventions that aim to increase physical activity. Methods: A systematic review of reviews was conducted. Systematic reviews and meta-analyses published from January 2010 until November 2017 were identified through PubMed, Scopus and the Cochrane Library. Two reviewers independently assessed titles and abstracts, performed data extraction and quality assessment. Outcomes as level of physical activity and body mass index were collected in order to assess the efficacy of interventions. Results: A total 30 studies examining physical activity interventions met the inclusion criteria, 15 systematic reviews and 15 meta-analyses. Most studies (N = 20) were implemented in the school setting, three were developed in preschool and childcare settings, two in the family context, five in the community setting and one miscellaneous context. Results showed that eight meta-analyses obtained a small increase in physical activity level, out of which five were conducted in the school, two in the family and one in the community setting. Most promising programs had the following characteristics: included physical activity in the school curriculum, were long-term interventions, involved teachers and had the support of families. Conclusion: The majority of interventions to promote physical activity in children and young people were implemented in the school setting and were multicomponent. Further research is needed to investigate nonschool programs.
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spelling pubmed-72771512020-06-15 Are There Effective Interventions to Increase Physical Activity in Children and Young People? An Umbrella Review Mannocci, Alice D’Egidio, Valeria Backhaus, Insa Federici, Antonio Sinopoli, Alessandra Ramirez Varela, Andrea Villari, Paolo La Torre, Giuseppe Int J Environ Res Public Health Review Background: Obesity and physical inactivity among children and young people are public health concerns. While numerous interventions to promote physical activity are available, little is known about the most effective ones. This study aimed to summarize the existing evidence on interventions that aim to increase physical activity. Methods: A systematic review of reviews was conducted. Systematic reviews and meta-analyses published from January 2010 until November 2017 were identified through PubMed, Scopus and the Cochrane Library. Two reviewers independently assessed titles and abstracts, performed data extraction and quality assessment. Outcomes as level of physical activity and body mass index were collected in order to assess the efficacy of interventions. Results: A total 30 studies examining physical activity interventions met the inclusion criteria, 15 systematic reviews and 15 meta-analyses. Most studies (N = 20) were implemented in the school setting, three were developed in preschool and childcare settings, two in the family context, five in the community setting and one miscellaneous context. Results showed that eight meta-analyses obtained a small increase in physical activity level, out of which five were conducted in the school, two in the family and one in the community setting. Most promising programs had the following characteristics: included physical activity in the school curriculum, were long-term interventions, involved teachers and had the support of families. Conclusion: The majority of interventions to promote physical activity in children and young people were implemented in the school setting and were multicomponent. Further research is needed to investigate nonschool programs. MDPI 2020-05-18 2020-05 /pmc/articles/PMC7277151/ /pubmed/32443505 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17103528 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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D’Egidio, Valeria
Backhaus, Insa
Federici, Antonio
Sinopoli, Alessandra
Ramirez Varela, Andrea
Villari, Paolo
La Torre, Giuseppe
Are There Effective Interventions to Increase Physical Activity in Children and Young People? An Umbrella Review
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title_fullStr Are There Effective Interventions to Increase Physical Activity in Children and Young People? An Umbrella Review
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title_short Are There Effective Interventions to Increase Physical Activity in Children and Young People? An Umbrella Review
title_sort are there effective interventions to increase physical activity in children and young people? an umbrella review
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7277151/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32443505
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17103528
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