Pediatric Overweight/Obesity: Treatment (2021)

Author and Year:

Thompson K, Chung M, et al. 2019

PubMed ID:

Article Title:

The Effectiveness of Nutrition Specialists on Pediatric Weight Management Outcomes in Multicomponent Pediatric Weight Management Interventions: A Systematic Review and Exploratory Meta-Analysis.

Authors:

Thompson K, Chung M, Handu D, Gutschall M, Jewell S, Byham-Gray L, Parrott J

Journal:

Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

Year of publication:

2019

Volume:

119

Issue:

Page numbers:

799-817.e43

Study Design:

Risk of Bias Assessment Rating:

Critically low

Inclusion Criteria:

Children and adolescents 6-18 y; outpatient, or primarily outpatient/ambulatory care (weight management program or other program with weight management as a primary goal, such as a diabetes treatment program; length of intervention ?12 week; multicomponent, including nutrition component; outcomes must include adiposity measure[s]). Healthy other than overweight/obesity, type 2 diabetes, obesity-related hypertension; not taking weight-loss medication; no history of bariatric surgery; with obesity or “overweight; controlled clinical trials; >10 persons per study group; dropout rate: <20%; publication dates: 2005-2012 search: June 2005-April 2012, 2012-2015 search: May 2012-December 2015; authorship: If the same author is included in more than 1 review article or clinical trial, and the articles are similar in content, the most recent article will be accepted and the o

Exclusion Criteria:

18 y, or studies with subjects outside the age range in which it is not possible to stratify data by age; xchool-based in the case that all students are subject to the intervention; no nutrition component in the study; exclusively inpatient; not multicomponent; pregnant, taking weight-loss medication, history of bariatric surgery; no problem/condition; observational, noncontrolled trials; size of study groups: 20%; year range of publication dates: Before January 2005, before May 2012; authorship: Not meeting inclusion criteria; and languages other than English.

Research Purpose:

The purpose of this systematic review was to estimate the effectiveness of interventions provided by treatment teams that include a nutrition specialist on pediatric weight management outcomes, including body mass index (BMI), BMI z score, and waist circumference, when compared with treatment teams that do not include a nutrition specialist.

Blinding efforts:

Not applicable

Study Location:

Not applicable

Source(s) of Funding:

Not reported

Please specify names of funders:

None