Table 1 Demographic characteristics of the included studies and their participants
Characteristics of the 118 included studies | No (%) of studies |
|---|---|
Publication year | Â |
 2000-2005 | 8(6.8%) |
 2006-2010 | 39(33.1%) |
 2011-2015 | 55(46.6%) |
 2016- | 16(13.6%) |
Treatment duration(Months) | Â |
 1 < M ≤ 3 | 27(22.9%) |
 3 < M ≤ 6 | 35(29.7%) |
 6 < M ≤ 12 | 42(35.6%) |
 M ≥ 12 | 14(11.9%) |
Geographical region | Â |
 America | 43(36.4%) |
 Europe | 36(30.1%) |
 Asia | 21(17.8%) |
 Other region | 18(15.3%) |
Type of obesity | Â |
 Obesity | 52(44.1%) |
 Overweight | 16(13.6%) |
 Obesity&Overweight | 39(33.1%) |
 Unclear | 11(9.3%) |
Outcomes | Â |
 BMI | 102(40.0%) |
 BMI Z-score | 55(21.6%) |
 WC | 51(20.0%) |
 PBF | 47(18.4%) |
Type of RCT | Â |
 Cluster | 33(28.0%) |
 Parallel | 18(15.3%) |
 NR | 67(56.8%) |
Total sample size(N) | Â |
 1-100 | 50(39.1%) |
 101-500 | 44(34.4%) |
 501-1000 | 16(12.5%) |
 1001- | 18(14.1%) |
Baseline age(years) | Â |
 Children(6-12) | 69(53.9%) |
 Adolescent(13-18) | 27(21.1%) |
 Both | 28(21.9%) |
 NR | 4(3.1%) |
Proportion boys(%) | Â |
 ≥50 | 62(48.4%) |
 ＜50 | 53(41.4%) |
 NR | 13(10.1%) |
Involvement of center(%) | Â |
 Home | 65(50.8%) |
 School | 20(15.6%) |
 Community | 10(7.8%) |
 Combination | 3(2.3%) |
 Unclear | 30(23.4%) |
Setting | Â |
 Group | 39(30.5%) |
 Individual | 16(12.5%) |
 NR | 73(57.0%) |
Race | Â |
 White | 4(3.4%) |
 Black | 5(4.2%) |
 Other/Asia/Yellow | 2(1.7%) |
 Multi-race | 28(23.7%) |
 NR | 79(66.9%) |