A systematic review of school-based intervention studies for the prevention or reduction of excess weight among Chinese children and adolescents

2008 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 548-559 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Li ◽  
S. Li ◽  
L. A. Baur ◽  
R. R. Huxley
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Intervention Studies ◽  
Excess Weight ◽  
Chinese Children ◽  
School Based Intervention ◽  
School Based ◽  
Chinese Children And Adolescents

scholarly journals Sex/gender considerations in school-based interventions to promote children’s and adolescents’ physical activity

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Annegret Schlund ◽  
Anne K. Reimers ◽  
Jens Bucksch ◽  
Stephanie Linder ◽  
Yolanda Demetriou
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Systematic Review ◽  
Physical Inactivity ◽  
Intervention Studies ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
School Based Intervention ◽  
Effective Strategies ◽  
School Based ◽  
The World ◽  
School Based Interventions

AbstractPhysical inactivity is an increasing problem worldwide, but especially among girls. This difference by gender increases with age. Schools serve virtually all young people in most parts of the world and can thus play an important role in promoting physical activity. In this systematic review, we qualitatively and comprehensively assessed the treatment of sex/gender considerations (from study design to discussion of results) in 56 school-based intervention studies aiming to promote physical activity in children and adolescents. In all 56 studies, the factor of sex/gender was only rudimentarily considered, regardless of the effectiveness of the intervention. The meta-analysis revealed that the interventions had significant but relatively small effects with both girls and boys, along with high heterogeneity. To obtain better information about effective strategies that promote physical activity for both girls and boys equally, researchers conducting future intervention studies should pay attention to sex/gender differences and report on how they take this factor into account.

scholarly journals National School-Based Health Lifestyles Intervention in Chinese Children and Adolescents on Obesity and Hypertension

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yanhui Dong ◽  
Zhiyong Zou ◽  
Haijun Wang ◽  
Bin Dong ◽  
Peijin Hu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Intervention Group ◽  
The Body ◽  
Chinese Children ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Childhood And Adolescence ◽  
School Based ◽  
National School ◽  
Chinese Children And Adolescents

Introduction: This study aimed to examine the effectiveness of the national school-based intervention on both obesity and high blood pressure in Chinese children and adolescents aged 6–18 years.Methods: The national school-based cluster non-randomized controlled trial was done in seven provinces from September 2013 to February 2014. A total of 23,175 children and adolescents in the control group and 25,702 in the intervention group were included in this trial with a mean follow-up of 6.7 ± 0.9 months. Mixed-effects regression models were used to evaluate the effect of the interventions on body weight and blood pressure (BP).Results: A significant upward in the body mass index (BMI) levels but downward in systolic BP (SBP), diastolic BP (DBP), BMI Z-scores, SBP Z-scores, and DBP Z-scores were witnessed in the intervention group compared to those in the control group (<0.001). Subgroup analyses presented significant intervention effects in children aged 6–12 years for BMI, SBP, DBP, and their standardized values Z-scores, but no effective results were found in adolescents aged 13–18 years. Stratification analyses based on the dynamic weight changes presented non-differential HBP, SHBP, and DHBP prevalence gaps between the control and intervention groups. Children aged 6–12 years with higher BMI percentiles at baseline presented obvious declines in SBP and DBP standardized values Z-scores.Conclusion: A mean 6-month multi-centered school-based comprehensive obesity intervention in China yields a small to null effect on obesity and hypertension with increasing age; the early age before 12 years may be the key period for interventions, and the younger, the better. Precise and high-intensity interventions targeting the population at different stages of childhood and adolescence are urgently needed to be developed.Clinical Trial Registration:https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/, identifier: NCT02343588

scholarly journals The Prevalence of Mental Problems for Chinese Children and Adolescents During COVID-19 in China: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiabao Chai ◽  
Huili Xu ◽  
Ning An ◽  
Pan Zhang ◽  
Fuquan Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Chinese Children ◽  
Depression And Anxiety ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
Prevalence Of Depression ◽  
Mental Problems ◽  
Chinese Children And Adolescents

The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has caused mental problems among the public and medical staff in China, especially for children and adolescents, a vulnerable group that might present with more mental problems. It seems that there is a rapid growth in the mental problems (such as depression or anxiety) of Chinese children and adolescents during the outbreak of COVID-19. Although several studies reported the prevalence of depression or anxiety problems for children and adolescents, the results are different across different age groups and sex groups. Moreover, the sample size of these studies was small. In the present study, we aim to perform a meta-analysis to identify the confirmed prevalence of depression and anxiety problems for Chinese children and adolescents during home confinement. Five databases were searched including PubMed, Web of Science, PsycINFO, Google Scholar, and the China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), and both inclusion and exclusion criteria were developed. Finally, a total of 12 studies were included in this meta-analysis. The protocol of this systematic review was registered with INPLASY (protocol ID: INPLASY202150032). It found that the pooled prevalence of mental problems was 28% (95% confidence interval, CI: 0.22–0.34), and the depression and anxiety problem for children and adolescents in China was 22% (95% CI: 0.16–0.30) and 25% (95% CI: 0.20–0.32) based on a random effect model, separately. Subgroup analysis was used to identify that there are no differences between different age groups (primary and middle school vs. high school) (p = 0.26). Meta-regression analysis was performed and the results showed that the moderator of boy percentage was a significant factor (p = 0.04). It indicated that there was an increasing number of children and adolescents with mental problems during the home confinement. It suggested that we should pay more attention to this vulnerable population during a public health crisis in the future, especially for the girls groups, and more detailed implements for mental health management were needed and should be prepared.Systematic Review: The protocol of this systematic review was registered with INPLASY. The protocol ID was INPLASY202150032

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