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Table 2 Basic information statistics included in the literature

From: Family sports interventions for the treatment of obesity in childhood: a meta-analysis

Author, year

N

Intervention/controls details

Age

Intervention

Outcome variable (S)

Rong et al. 2007

140

Intervention group, n = 70

Control group, n = 70

3–6

Family sports, diet adjustment, behavior habits intervention

Weight

Zeng et al. 2013

70

Intervention group, n = 35

Control group, n = 35

3–6

Family sports, diet adjustment, behavior habits intervention

Waist circumference

BMI

Luo et al. 2017

92

Intervention group, n = 42

Control group, n = 50

0–6

Family sports, diet adjustment,

BMI

Wang 2016

120

Intervention group, n = 60

Control group, n = 60

3–6

Family sports, diet adjustment, behavior habits intervention

Weight

Saelens et al. 2011

29

Intervention group, n = 15

Control group, n = 14

7–11

Family sports, diet adjustment

Weight, body fat rate

BMI, waist circumference

Rodearmel et al. 2015

218

Intervention group, n = 116

Control group, n = 102

7–14

Family sports, diet adjustment

Weight, body fat rate

BMI, waist circumference

Okely et al. 2010

102

Intervention group, n = 60

Control group, n = 42

5.5–9.9

Family sports, diet adjustment,

Weight, BMI, waist circumference

Ahmad et al. 2018

122

Intervention group, n = 64

Control group, n = 58

8–11

Family sports, diet adjustment, behavior habits intervention

Body fat rate

Abbey Alkon et al. 2014

552

Intervention group, n = 260

Control group, n = 292

3–5

Family sports, diet adjustment

BMI

Döring et al. 2016

1014

Intervention group, n = 458

Control group, n = 556

0–4

Family sports, diet adjustment, behavior habits intervention

BMI, waist circumference

Nyström et al. 2018

263

Intervention group, n = 133

Control group, n = 130

4.5

Family sports, diet adjustment

Weight

Sacher et al. 2010

116

Intervention group, n = 60

Control group, n = 56

8–12

Family sports, diet adjustment

Body fat rate

BMI, waist circumference

Oliva et al. 2014

306

Intervention group, n = 168

Control group, n = 138

2–5

Family sports, diet adjustment

BMI

Jyu-Lin Chen et al. 2009

67

Intervention group, n = 35

Control group, n = 32

8–10

Family sports, diet adjustment

BMI

Amy et al. 2015

80

Intervention group, n = 59

Control group, n = 21

8–12

Family sports, diet adjustment

Waist circumference, BMI

Epstein et al.2000

90

Intervention group, n = 45

Control group, n = 45

8–12

Family sports, diet adjustment, behavior habits intervention

Weight, body fat rate