Obesity Prevention
New obesity prevention research from Institute of Health Science outlined
Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, May 25th, 2009
A new study, 'Prevention of childhood obesity - what type of evidence should we consider relevant,' is now available. "Two reviews, one by Summerbell et al. and the other by Doak et al. came to very different conclusions about the effectiveness of childhood obesity interventions. The aim of this commentary is to assess the extent to which inclusion and exclusion criteria, and the definition of effective outcomes, explain discrepant results," investigators in Amsterdam, Netherlands report.
"Differences in results were compared by inclusion criteria and outcome definitions. The most important summary recommendations for inclusion/exclusion criteria were to exclude all...
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