Study ID | Population | Intervention/mode of communication | Comparison/ mode of communication | Outcomes |
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New Zealand Health services Families with children aged 4–8.9 years with a BMI above the 85th percentile | Traffic light weight chart combined with motivational interviewing/ Face-to-face interactions with health care providers | Traffic light weight chart with standard conversation/ Face-to-face interactions with health care providers | -Willingness to participate in further treatment of the child -Parental recognition of child’s overweight or obesity -Parental perception of the feedback session -Parental motivation for lifestyle change -Adverse outcomes of the intervention | |
Bailey-Davis 2017 [50] | USA Schools Parents with children attending first, third and fifth grade | State-standardised weight-screening report card and easy-to-read information sheet with link to an online screening tool on child’s risk of becoming obese/Written notification | State-standardised weight-screening report card/Written notification | -Parents attended follow up session/ contacted health care provider -Parental perception of the information/ resources given |
UK Schools Parents with children undergoing school-based weight screening | (1) Written feedback and parents of the children identified as obese in two districts received a phone call from a school nurse. (2) Parents in one of these districts were also offered a face-to-face appointment with a school nurse. /Written notification and face-to-face interactions with health care providers | Written feedback with the child’s BMI centile and weight category/ Written notification | -Parental recognition of child’s overweight or obesity | |
Prina 2014 [40] | Mexico Schools Parents with children attending second through sixth grade | (1) Written feedback as for the control group and information about the health risks of their child’s weight category. /Written notification (2) Written feedback as for the control group and information about the number of children in the child’s class within each of the weight categories /Written notification | Control: Written feedback with the child’s BMI centile, their weight category and contact information to a nutritionist that could be consulted free of charge. /Written notification | -Parents attended follow up session/contacted health care provider -Parental recognition of child’s overweight or obesity -Child’s subsequent weight status |