Table 1 A summary of the best lifestyle modification interventions to reduce obesity or overweight
From: Iranian children with overweight and obesity: an internet-based interventional study
Source | Methods | Main outcomes |
|---|---|---|
Rogers et al., 2013 [21] | 5–2–1-0 HH: The daily consumption of five units or more fruits and vegetables – Two hours or less everyday use of television or other electronic equipment - One hour or more daily physical activity - No sugary drinks | A significant increase in the intake of fruits and vegetables in children from 63 to 69% - The substantial reduction of sugars intake in children from 10 to 47%, both of which were significant - The notable increase of parental awareness |
Kelishadi et al., 2009 [22] | Similar nutrition and behavioral therapy in all the study groups (A-C) -Attending in physical activity training courses, twice a week (group A) Providing educational CD (group B), −Face to face education (group C) | A remarkable reduction in BMI of participant allocated in groups A and B compared to the pre-intervention - No significant the difference in BMI value among the different groups |
Mohammadi et al., 2013 [23] | An educational intervention including four 3- min group discussion sessions with photo presentation in groups of 15 people | Significant improvement in behaviors and self-efficacy in overweight and obesity-related lifestyle among students |
Wang et al., 2015 [24] | Participants were divided into three groups: control, diet and exercise, physical activity alone, and diet alone. | The maximum decrease in BMI, waist circumference, and fat percentage with the integrated intervention of diet and exercise |
James et al., 2007 [25] | Three educational sessions during the academic year based on healthy nutrition and encouragement not to use sugary drinks | An increase in mean BMI in experimental and control groups after a 2-y follow-up |
Kim et al., 2017 [26] | Holding the meeting with the presence of experts and discussing various methods | The best method: controlling the diet and improving the physical activity, and b. The best scale to measure the weight gain: age and gender-based BMI percentile rank |
Mâsse et al., 2014 [27] | Eight-month web-based electronic health intervention | Motivation was a key predictor factor for adolescents’ adherence to web- based intervention so that the entrance to the system decreased to 33.3% in the last 4 months of the intervention |
Baranowski et al., 2003 [28] | A training program in a daily camp for 4 weeks and a subsequent online training intervention | The mean BMI: An insignificant increase of the case subjects along with a marginal decrease in control people after the 12 week-intervention |