ABSTRACT
Most systematic reviews of pediatric obesity prevention and treatment have highlighted this as a major issue for consideration when assessing the evidence, particularly because so much of the published evidence to date has been from the US Obesity during childhood and adolescence has important consequences for child and adolescent health and important implications for future. To inform strategies for the prevention of childhood and adolescent obesity, a body of consistent, high-quality, generalizable evidence would be ideal. It is worth noting that all these systematic reviews have been published in the past 6 years, reflecting the recent increase in awareness of the need for obesity prevention in childhood. All reviews, including the most recent, concluded that there was a remarkable lack of evidence on high-quality, generalizable interventions for prevention of childhood obesity. Simple, effective, and generalizable interventions do not exist at present.
