Effectiveness Review
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Effectiveness Review
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The number of studies and publications do not always correspond (e.g., a publication may include several studies or one study may be explained in several publications).
Effectiveness Review
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Effectiveness Review
To be considered for inclusion in the reviews of effectiveness, studies had to include multiple characteristics.
- Description of a primary intervention with participants recruited or enrolled from the school (including preschool) or worksite setting.
- Publication in English during 1966--2001.
- Interventions related to diet, physical activity, or combinations thereof, with sufficient detail to meet Community Guide standards.
- Common weight-related measures as outcomes (e.g., BMI, body weight, and anthropometric measures).
- Control measurement between or within groups (either with baseline and follow-up [before and after] measurements or by using control groups).
- Subjects followed for at least 6 months from the beginning of the intervention to assess weight loss maintenance.
To identify additional studies, manual searches were performed of reference lists from identified reports, extant systematic reviews (certain reviews available through the Cochrane Library), review reports, and reports written by researchers in the field.
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