School-based approaches for preventing and treating obesity

Environmental correlates of physical activity in youth – a review and update

Ferreira, I., Van Der Horst, K., Wendel‐Vos, W., Kremers, S., Van Lenthe, F. J., & Brug, J. (2007) · Obesity Reviews · doi:10.1111/j.1467-789x.2006.00264.x · Cited by 993

Reducing obesity and related chronic disease risk in children and youth: a synthesis of evidence with 'best practice' recommendations

Flynn, M. A. T., McNeil, D. A., Maloff, B., Mutasingwa, D., Wu, M., Ford, C., & Tough, S. C. (2006) · Obesity Reviews · doi:10.1111/j.1467-789x.2006.00242.x · Cited by 925

The prevention of overweight and obesity in children and adolescents: a review of interventions and programmes

Doak, C. M., Visscher, T. L. S., Renders, C. M., & Seidell, J. C. (2006) · Obesity Reviews · doi:10.1111/j.1467-789x.2006.00234.x · Cited by 691

Value of Primordial and Primary Prevention for Cardiovascular Disease: A Policy Statement From the American Heart Association

Weintraub, W. S., Daniels, S. R., Burke, L. E., Franklin, B. A., Goff, D. C., Hayman, L. L., Lloyd-Jones, D., Pandey, D. K., Sanchez, E. J., Schram, A. P., et al. (2011) · Circulation · doi:10.1161/cir.0b013e3182285a81 · Cited by 541

A Policy-Based School Intervention to Prevent Overweight and Obesity

Foster, G. D., Sherman, S., Borradaile, K. E., Grundy, K. M., Vander Veur, S. S., Nachmani, J., Karpyn, A., Kumanyika, S., & Shults, J. (2008) · Pediatrics · doi:10.1542/peds.2007-1365 · Cited by 496

A Community Intervention Reduces BMI z‐score in Children: Shape Up Somerville First Year Results

Economos, C. D., Hyatt, R. R., Goldberg, J. P., Must, A., Naumova, E. N., Collins, J. J., & Nelson, M. E. (2007) · Obesity · doi:10.1038/oby.2007.155 · Cited by 444

Interventions for preventing obesity in children

Campbell, K., Waters, E., O'Meara, S., Kelly, S., & Summerbell, C. (2002) · The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · doi:10.1002/14651858.cd001871 · Cited by 183

School-based interventions for health promotion and weight control: not just waiting on the world to change

Katz, D. L. (2009) · Annual Review of Public Health · doi:10.1146/annurev.publhealth.031308.100307 · Cited by 169

Physical activity interventions in the prevention and treatment of paediatric obesity: systematic review and critical appraisal

Reilly, J. J., & McDowell, Z. C. (2003) · Proceedings of The Nutrition Society · doi:10.1079/pns2003276 · Cited by 150

Preventing childhood obesity: two year follow-up results from the Christchurch obesity prevention programme in schools (CHOPPS)

James, J., Thomas, P., & Kerr, D. (2007) · BMJ · doi:10.1136/bmj.39342.571806.55 · Cited by 142

School-based sleep promotion programs: Effectiveness, feasibility and insights for future research

Cassoff, J., Knäuper, B., Michaelsen, S., & Gruber, R. (2013) · Sleep Medicine Reviews · doi:10.1016/j.smrv.2012.07.001 · Cited by 118

A framework for understanding school based physical environmental influences on childhood obesity

Harrison, F., & Jones, A. P. (2012) · Health & Place · doi:10.1016/j.healthplace.2011.12.009 · Cited by 80

Action Schools! BC — Healthy Eating: Effects of a Whole-school Model to Modifying Eating Behaviours of Elementary School Children

Day, M. E., Strange, K. S., McKay, H. A., & Naylor, P.-J. (2008) · Canadian Journal of Public Health · doi:10.1007/bf03403766 · Cited by 74

Systematic review and meta-analysis of school-based obesity interventions in mainland China

Feng, L., Wei, D.-M., Lin, S.-T., Maddison, R., Ni Mhurchu, C., Jiang, Y., Gao, Y., & Wang, H.-J. (2017) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0184704 · Cited by 67

Home, School, and Neighborhood Environment Factors and Youth Physical Activity

Millstein, R. A., Strobel, J., Kerr, J., Sallis, J. F., Norman, G. J., Durant, N., Harris, S., & Saelens, B. E. (2011) · Pediatric Exercise Science · doi:10.1123/pes.23.4.487 · Cited by 44

School-based secondary prevention of overweight and obesity among 8- to 12-year old children: design and sample characteristics of the SNAPSHOT trial

Kubik, M. Y., Fulkerson, J. A., Sirard, J. R., Garwick, A., Temple, J., Gurvich, O., Lee, J., & Dudovitz, B. (2018) · Contemporary Clinical Trials · doi:10.1016/j.cct.2018.10.011 · Cited by 26

School physical education: the effectiveness of health-related interventions and recommendations for health-promotion practice

Quitério, A. L. D. (2013) · Health Education Journal · doi:10.1177/0017896912460934 · Cited by 22

A natural experiment to assess recess frequency on children’s physical activity in Arizona (U.S.) elementary schools

Poulos, A., Wilson, K., Schulke, M., Nam, K., Ohri-Vachaspati, P., Bai, Y., & Kulinna, P. H. (2024) · BMC Public Health · doi:10.1186/s12889-023-17605-4 · Cited by 8