Past and future drought trends, duration, and frequency in the semi-arid Urmia Lake Basin under a changing climate

Meteorological applications

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Behnam Mirgol¹  Meisam Nazari²  Hadi Ramezani Etedali¹  Kazem Zamanian³ 

[1] Department of Water Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Imam Khomeini International University;Division of Biogeochemistry of Agroecosystems, Georg-August University of Göttingen;Department of Soil Science of Temperate Ecosystems, Georg-August University of Göttingen

关键词: Pediatric Obesity;    Child;    Overweight;    Systematic Review;    Mobile Phone"/>;   

DOI  :  10.1002/met.2009

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Wiley

【 摘 要 】

Context: This systematic review was conducted to investigate the role of phones (telephone and mobile phone) in interventions designed to control obesity in children under age six and to determine the features and effects of these interventions. Evidence Acquisition: A systematic search was conducted of the electronic databases (until November 2016). Randomized controlled trials that assessed the effects of phone-based interventions to control obesity in children under age six were included. Results: Of the 1920 papers accessed, 38 were relevant based on title and abstract. After review of the full texts, five studies were deemed eligible for inclusion. The results showed that in two studies phone-based interventions succeeded in improving the children's weight and BMI while in three other studies they were not. Among the functionalities of a telephone and mobile phone (e.g. text messaging and smartphone applications), only phone calls were used to communicate with participants. Only one of the included studies had used the phone as its main intervention, in the other studies the phone was used as part of a multicomponent intervention. Most of the included studies used phone calls to encourage and remind the participants about their children’s nutritional status and physical activity. Conclusions: Although the numerous functions of phones can be used independently or in combination with other interventions for controlling obesity, so far, only the phone call function has been used for children under age six. Moreover, there is still no strong evidence on their positive effects on obesity control in children under age six.

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