Correspondence: systematic reviews do not always capture context of real-world intervention programmes for childhood obesity (response to Littlewood, et al., 2020 in BMC Public Health)

BMC Public Health

Cameron C. Grant¹  Yvonne C. Anderson²  Cervantée E. K. Wild³  José G. B. Derraik³  Esther J. Willing⁴  Tami L. Cave⁵  Paul L. Hofman⁶ 

[1] Department of Paediatrics: Child and Youth Health, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand;Starship Children’s Hospital, Auckland District Health Board, Auckland, New Zealand;Department of Paediatrics: Child and Youth Health, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand;Tamariki Pakari Child Health and Wellbeing Trust, New Plymouth, New Zealand;Department of Paediatrics, Taranaki District Health Board, New Plymouth, New Zealand;Department of Paediatrics: Child and Youth Health, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand;Tamariki Pakari Child Health and Wellbeing Trust, New Plymouth, New Zealand;Liggins Institute, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand;Kōhatu – Centre for Hauora Māori, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand;Liggins Institute, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand;Liggins Institute, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand;Starship Children’s Hospital, Auckland District Health Board, Auckland, New Zealand;

关键词: Obesity;    Systematic review;    Intervention;    Child;    Adolescent;    Oceanic ancestry group;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12889-021-10486-5

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

In a recent issue of the BMC Public Health journal, Littlewood et al. described the results of a systematic review of interventions to prevent or treat childhood obesity in Māori or Pacific Island peoples. They found that studies to date have had limited impact on improving health outcomes for Māori and Pacific Island peoples, and suggest this may be due to a lack of co-design principles in the conception of the various studies. Ensuring that interventions are appropriate for groups most affected by obesity is critical; however, some inaccuracies should be noted in the explanation of these findings. There is a risk with systematic reviews that the context of intervention trials is lost without acknowledging the associated body of literature for programmes that refer to the ongoing commitment to communities and groups most affected by obesity.

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