Combination of diet, exercise, and behaviour change may help weight loss in child obesity

Interventions combining diet with physical activity and behavioural change can have a small, short term effect in reducing weight among children and adolescents who are overweight or obese, report two Cochrane reviews that analysed all available studies in these age groups.12

The first review analysed evidence from 70 randomised controlled trials assessing the effects of diet, physical activity, and behavioural interventions in 8461 overweight and obese children aged 6 to 11 (median age 10). The studies included children from Europe, Canada, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, and the US, who …