Sarah A. Redsell
Systematic review of randomised controlled trials of interventions that aim to reduce the risk, either directly or indirectly, of overweight and obesity in infancy and early childhood
Redsell, Sarah A.; Edmonds, Barrie; Swift, Judy A.; Siriwardena, Aloysius Niroshan; Weng, Stephen; Nathan, Dilip; Glazebrook, Cris
Authors
Barrie Edmonds
Judy A. Swift
Aloysius Niroshan Siriwardena
Stephen Weng
Dilip Nathan
Cris Glazebrook
Abstract
The risk factors for childhood overweight and obesity are known and can be identified antenatally or during infancy, however, the majority of effective interventions are designed for older children. This review identified interventions designed to reduce the risk of overweight/obesity that were delivered antenatally or during the first 2 years of life, with outcomes reported from birth to 7 years of age. Six electronic databases were searched for papers reporting randomised controlled trials of interventions published from January 1990 to September 2013. A total of 35 eligible studies were identified, describing 27 unique trials of which 24 were behavioural and three were non-behavioural. The 24 behavioural trials were categorised by type of intervention: (1) nutritional and/or responsive feeding interventions targeted at parents of infants, which improved feeding practices and had some impact on child weight (n = 12); (2) breastfeeding promotion and lactation support for mothers, which had a positive effect on breastfeeding but not child weight (n = 5); (3) parenting and family lifestyle (n = 4); and (4) maternal health (n = 3) interventions that had some impact on feeding practices but not child weight. The non-behavioural trials comprised interventions manipulating formula milk composition (n = 3). Of these, lower/hydrolysed protein formula milk had a positive effect on weight outcomes. Interventions that aim to improve diet and parental responsiveness to infant cues showed most promise in terms of self-reported behavioural change. Despite the known risk factors, there were very few intervention studies for pregnant women that continue during infancy which should be a priority for future research.
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Redsell, S. A., Edmonds, B., Swift, J. A., Siriwardena, A. N., Weng, S., Nathan, D., & Glazebrook, C. (2016). Systematic review of randomised controlled trials of interventions that aim to reduce the risk, either directly or indirectly, of overweight and obesity in infancy and early childhood. Maternal and Child Nutrition, 12(1), https://doi.org/10.1111/mcn.12184
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Apr 20, 2015 |
Online Publication Date | Dec 30, 2015 |
Publication Date | Jan 1, 2016 |
Deposit Date | Jul 5, 2016 |
Publicly Available Date | Jul 5, 2016 |
Journal | Maternal and Child Nutrition |
Print ISSN | 1740-8695 |
Electronic ISSN | 1740-8709 |
Publisher | Wiley |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 12 |
Issue | 1 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1111/mcn.12184 |
Keywords | infancy; prevention; obesity; overweight; intervention |
Public URL | https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/768025 |
Publisher URL | http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mcn.12184/abstract |
Related Public URLs | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ |
Contract Date | Jul 5, 2016 |
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