Literature Review

Criteria

Article 1

Article 2

Article 3

Article 4

Author, Journal (Peer-Reviewed), and

Permalink or Working Link to Access Article

Sahoo, K., Sahoo, B., Choudhury, A. K., Sofi, N. Y., Kumar, R., & Bhadoria, A. S., Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4408699/

Ayer, J., Charakida, M., Deanfield, J. E., & Celermajer, D. S., European Heart Journal, https://academic.oup.com/eurheartj/article/36/22/1371/2293298

Oelscher, D. M., Butte, N. F., Barlow, S., Vandewater, E. A., Sharma, S. V., Huang, T., ... & Oluyomi, A. O., Childhood Obesity., https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/pdf/10.1089/chi.2014.0084

Xu, S., & Xue, Y., Experiemental and Therapeutic Medicine, https://www.spandidos-publications.com/10.3892/etm.2015.2853?text=abstract

Article Title and Year Published

Childhood obesity: causes and consequences (2015)

Lifetime risk: childhood obesity and cardiovascular risk (2015)

Incorporating primary and secondary prevention approaches to address childhood obesity prevention and treatment in a low-income, ethnically diverse population: study design and demographic data from the Texas Childhood Obesity Research Demonstration (TX CORD) study (2015)

Pediatric obesity: Causes, symptoms, prevention and treatment.

Research Questions (Qualitative)/Hypothesis (Quantitative), and Purposes/Aim of Study

The purpose of this article was to evaluate the causes and effects of childhood obesity.

This review links literature investigating the effects of childhood obesity to lifetime risks for cardiovascular illnesses.

The researchers hypothesize that a systems oriented approach can work better than a primary prevention approach to reduce the BMI scores of children from low income and ethnically diverse backgrounds.

This article aims at investigating the causes, effects, and effective prevention strategies for childhood obesity.

Design (Type of Quantitative, or Type of Qualitative)

Literature Review

Systematic Review

Randomized controlled trial

Systematic Review

Setting/Sample

Literatures reviewed were set in different types of settings.

The study includes primary studies that connect childhood obesity to cardiovascular disease.

576 children between 2 and 12 years in Texas.

Scholarly articles on childhood obesity

Methods: Intervention/Instruments

Literature review of various research sources.

Systematic review using a thematic technique.

Quantitative evaluation of the Texas Childhood Obesity Research Demonstration (TX CORD).

Review of literature

Analysis

Includes an analysis of scholarly researches

Articles were analyzed in themes.

SAS mixed methods procedure used to evaluate the collected data

Literature was evaluated in themes.

Key Findings

Obesity is caused by children’s diets, activity levels, environmental factors, and family factors.

Obesity in childhood increases chances of having cardiovascular disease in adulthood.

Childhood obesity rates in the low income and ethnically diverse communities exceed national values; a two-tier systems approach is more effective in preventing obesity in these communities than primary prevention techniques.

Childhood obesity has genetic, environmental, and lifestyle causes and can have an influence on the physical and psychological health of the affected individuals.

Recommendations

Government intervention to create policies for improving conditions that increase childhood obesity risks.

Authors recommend that future studies investigate the connection between childhood weight issues and increased risk of cardiovascular illnesses.

Concerned parties approach childhood obesity from a systems approach.

Authors recommend various lifestyle changes as a way of reducing the risk of pediatric obesity.

Explanation of How the Article Supports EBP/Capstone Project

This article provides sufficient background information on the causes and effects of childhood obesity.

This study supports the argument that childhood obesity affects the cardiovascular system negatively hence emphasizing it as a public health issue.

It demonstrates the differences in childhood obesity rates between communities and suggests techniques for dealing with the inconsistency between communities.

Article creates a clear explanation of the range of causes and effects of obesity in children. It also recommends mitigation strategies to reduce risks and help affected children.

Criteria

Article 5

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Article 7

Article 8

Author, Journal (Peer-Reviewed), and

Permalink or Working Link to Access Article

Allender, S., Millar, L., Hovmand, P., Bell, C., Moodie, M., Carter, R., ... & Orellana, L., International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. http://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/13/11/1143/htm

Simmonds, M., Llewellyn, A., Owen, C. G., & Woolacott, N., Obesity Reviews, http://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/94942/1/Simmonds_et_al_2015_Obesity_Reviews.pdf

GBD 2015 Obesity Collaborators., New England Journal of Medicine. https://europepmc.org/articles/pmc5477817

Davis, R. E., Cole, S. M., Blake, C. E., McKenney-Shubert, S. J., & Peterson, K. E., Apetite, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5533082/

Article Title and Year Published

Whole of systems trial of prevention strategies for childhood obesity: WHO STOPS childhood obesity. (2016)

Predicting adult obesity from childhood obesity: a systematic review and meta‐analysis. (2015)

Health Effects of Overweight and Obesity in 195 Countries over 25 Years. (2016)

Eat, play, view, sleep: Exploring Mexican American mothers' perceptions of decision making for four behaviors associated with childhood obesity risk. (2016)

Research Questions (Qualitative)/Hypothesis (Quantitative), and Purposes/Aim of Study

This article aims at investigating the impact of community actions towards childhood obesity and strengthen action towards the prevention of obesity in children.

To determine the risk of adulthood obesity from childhood obesity

To determine the trends and disease burden of childhood obesity across the world.

To investigate the effects of parents’ perceptions of obesity risk factors to the children’s weight.

Design (Type of Quantitative, or Type of Qualitative)

Randomized Control Trial

Meta-analysis and systematic review

Quantitative research

Quantitative research

Setting/Sample

5050 children from 84 primary schools

15 cohort studies with 200,777 participants in total

67.8 million people from 125 countries

40 Mexican American mothers

Methods: Intervention/Instruments

Survey method, trial group subjected to the experiment and both groups examined for impacts.

BMI was the only measure of obesity used in the evaluated articles.

Quantitative analysis

Survey method

Analysis

Social network analysis

Meta-analysis

Statistical analysis of the population attributional fraction for each country

Quantitative ratings of the collected survey results

Key Findings

Systems science as the best way of identifying and addressing the complex and dynamic causes of obesity.

Obese children have a 70% chance of being obese in adulthood.

Obesity affects a majority of the countries it has doubled in rate since 1980s.

Parents’ perceptions affect decision making about children hence, contributes to their weight

Recommendations

Childhood obesity should be approached using a systems method rather than addressing individual cases.

New studies need to investigate the effect of childhood obesity on weight-related morbidities in adulthood.

Childhood obesity be addressed as a global public health problem.

Education of parents is an effective strategy of dealing with obesity in children

Explanation of How the Article Supports EBP/Capstone

This contributes to understanding the appropriate approaches of dealing with childhood obesity.

This article confirms that childhood obesity risks can be extended to adulthood.

This article explains the extent of the obesity public health problem.

This article recommends an effective strategy of dealing with this public health problem.