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School-based nutrition interventions in children aged 6 to 18 years: An umbrella review of systematic reviews
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posted on 2023-02-20, 00:42 authored by KM O’brien, C Barnes, Serene YoongSerene Yoong, E Campbell, R Wyse, T Delaney, A Brown, F Stacey, L Davies, S Lorien, RK HodderSchools are identified as a key setting to influence children’s and adolescents’ healthy eating. This umbrella review synthesised evidence from systematic reviews of school-based nutrition interventions designed to improve dietary intake outcomes in children aged 6 to 18 years. We undertook a systematic search of six electronic databases and grey literature to identify relevant reviews of randomized controlled trials. The review findings were categorised for synthesis by intervention type according to the World Health Organisation Health Promoting Schools (HPS) framework domains: nutrition education; food environment; all three HPS framework domains; or other (not aligned to HPS framework domain). Thirteen systematic reviews were included. Overall, the findings suggest that school-based nutrition interventions, including nutrition education, food environment, those based on all three domains of the HPS framework, and eHealth interventions, can have a positive effect on some dietary outcomes, including fruit, fruit and vegetables combined, and fat intake. These results should be interpreted with caution, however, as the quality of the reviews was poor. Though these results support continued public health investment in school-based nutrition interventions to improve child dietary intake, the limitations of this umbrella review also highlight the need for a comprehensive and high quality systematic review of primary studies.
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NutrientsVolume
13Article number
ARTN 4113Location
SwitzerlandPublisher DOI
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2072-6643eISSN
2072-6643Language
EnglishIssue
11Publisher
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Science & TechnologyLife Sciences & BiomedicineNutrition & Dieteticsumbrella reviewschool-basedinterventiondietary intakenutritionchildadolescentADOLESCENTSCONSUMPTIONFRUITMETAANALYSISBEHAVIORSQUALITYHEALTHIMPACTDIETAdolescentAdolescent BehaviorChildChild BehaviorDietEatingEnvironmentFeeding BehaviorHealth BehaviorHealth EducationHealth PromotionHumansSchool Health ServicesSystematic Reviews as TopicTelemedicineClinical Trials and Supportive ActivitiesClinical ResearchNutritionPreventionPediatricOral and gastrointestinalCancerCardiovascularMetabolic and endocrine4 Quality EducationFood Sciences not elsewhere classifiedNutrition and Dietetics not elsewhere classified
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