RT journal article
T1 Interventions in the first 1000 days to prevent childhood obesity: a systematic review and quantitative content analysis
A1 Pérez Muñoz, Celia
A1 Carretero Bravo, Jesús Ángel
A1 Ortega Martín, María Esther
A1 Ramos Fiol, Begoña
A1 Ferriz Mas, Bernardo C.
A1 Díaz Rodríguez, Mercedes
A2 BiomedicinaBiotecnología y Salud Pública
A2 Enfermería y Fisioterapia
K1 Childhood obesity
K1 First 1000 days
K1 Intervention
AB Background: Childhood obesity poses a global health challenge. In recent years, there has been an increase in interventions that begin in pregnancy, putting the concept of early programming and early risk factors into practice. The present study aims to update the findings regarding interventions in the first 1000 days of life. Methods: A systematic review based on the PRISMA guidelines was carried out in PubMed, WoS, Scopus and CINAHL to obtain the articles to be analysed. We included those studies published between 2016 and 2021. Human interventions that started within the first 1000 days of life and acted on at least one programming factor were included. Once selected, coding and quantitative content analysis was carried out to obtain a profile of the interventions during the first 1000 days. Results: From all screened articles, 51 unique interventions, which met the selection criteria, were included. The majority of interventions (81%) took place in high-income areas. Almost all (86%) were targeted at the general population. The majority (54%) started in the second trimester of pregnancy. A clear majority (61%) ended at the time of birth. 44% of the interventions included all pregnant women. Only 48% of these interventions were focused on improving the nutritional status of the offspring in the short term. Most interventions collected the baby's weight at birth (68%). Conclusions: It can be concluded that current interventions are not covering as many aspects as they should. Future research should be conducted more frequently in developing countries and target disadvantaged groups. These interventions should include all pregnant women, regardless of their nutritional status, aiming to cover as many programming factors as possible and extending through the first 1000 days of life, with body mass index or skinfolds as measures of effectiveness during this period.
PB Springer
SN 1471-2458
YR 2022
FD 2022-12-16
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/29145
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/29145
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 07-nov-2026