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Table 2 Results of quality assessment of studies using the EPHPPa Quality Assessment Tool for Quantitative Studies

From: Relationship between eating behaviors and physical activity of preschoolers and their peers: a systematic review

Study authors and date

Selection bias

Study design

Confounders

Blinding

Data collection methods

Withdrawals and dropouts

Overall quality score

Physical activity

Barkley et al., 2014 [44]

Weak

Strong

Strong

Moderate

Strong

Strong

Moderate

Brown et al., 2009 [45]

Weak

Weak

Strong

Moderate

Weak

N/A

Low

Eaton & Keats, 1982 [46]

Weak

Strong

Strong

Moderate

Strong

Strong

Moderate

Gubbels et al., 2011 [47]

Moderate

Weak

Strong

Moderate

Weak

N/A

Low

Lehto et al., 2012 [48]

Weak

Weak

Strong

Moderate

Weak

N/A

Low

Schwarz, 1972 [49]

Weak

Strong

Weak

Strong

Weak

Strong

Low

Eating behaviors

Birch, 1980 [50]

Weak

Moderate

Weak

Moderate

Weak

Strong

Low

Duncker, 1938 [51]

Weak

Moderate

Weak

Weak

Weak

Weak

Low

Greenhalgh et al., 2009 [52]

Moderate

Strong

Weak

Moderate

Strong

Strong

Moderate

Hendy & Raudenbush, 2000 [53]

Moderate

Strong

Strong

Moderate

Weak

Moderate

Moderate

Hendy, 2002 [54]

Moderate

Strong

Strong

Moderate

Weak

Weak

Low

Lumeng & Hillman, 2007 [55]

Weak

Moderate

Strong

Moderate

Weak

Weak

Low

Marinho, 1942 [56]

Weak

Strong

Weak

Moderate

Weak

Weak

Low

  1. aEPHPP: Effective Public Health Practice Project