Authors
HE Brown, AJ Atkin, Jenna Panter, Geoff Wong, Mai JM Chinapaw, EMF Van Sluijs
Publication date
2016/4
Source
Obesity reviews
Volume
17
Issue
4
Pages
345-360
Description
Objective
Family‐based interventions represent a potentially valuable route to increasing child physical activity (PA) in children. A dual meta‐analysis and realist synthesis approach examined existing interventions to assist those developing programmes to encourage uptake and maintenance of PA in children.
Design
Studies were screened for inclusion based on including participants aged 5–12 years, having a substantive aim of increasing PA by engaging the family and reporting on PA outcome. Duplicate data extraction and quality assessment were conducted. Meta‐analysis was conducted in STATA. Realist synthesis included theory development and evidence mapping.
Results
Forty‐seven studies were included, of which three received a ‘strong’ quality rating, 21 ‘moderate’ and 23 ‘weak’. The meta‐analysis (19 studies) demonstrated a significant small effect in favour of the experimental group …
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