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Table 2 Age of target child, setting, and behavioral domains targeted of family-based childhood obesity prevention interventions published 2008–2015 (n = 119)

From: Family-based childhood obesity prevention interventions: a systematic review and quantitative content analysis

  Age of target childa
Settinga n (%) Bx Doma All ages Prenatal 0–1 years 2–5 years 6–10 years 11–13 years 14–17 years
All settings   119 (100) 10 (8) 29 (24) 51 (43) 42 (35) 25 (21) 8 (7)
D 107 (90) 10 (100) 27 (93) 47 (92) 38 (90) 23 (92) 7 (88)
PA 97 (82) 8 (80) 17 (59) 42 (82) 37 (88) 22 (88) 7 (88)
M 65 (55) 4 (40) 15 (52) 34 (67) 22 (52) 13 (52) 4 (50)
S 24 (20) 4 (40) 9 (31) 14 (27) 4 (10) 0 (0) 0 (0)
Home   33 (28) 4 (40) 11 (38) 13 (25) 8 (19) 6 (24) 1 (13)
D 29 (88) 4 (100) 10 (91) 13 (100) 6 (75) 5 (83) 1 (100)
PA 23 (70) 4 (100) 6 (55) 8 (62) 7 (88) 5 (83) 1 (100)
M 20 (61) 4 (100) 7 (64) 9 (69) 3 (38) 3 (50) 1 (100)
S 8 (24) 3 (75) 5 (45) 2 (15) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)
Primary care/health clinic   32 (27) 4 (40) 14 (48) 12 (24) 8 (19) 5 (20) 2 (25)
D 30 (94) 4 (100) 13 (93) 11 (92) 8 (100) 5 (100) 2 (100)
PA 28 (88) 4 (100) 11 (79) 11 (92) 8 (100) 5 (100) 2 (100)
M 19 (59) 1 (25) 7 (50) 10 (83) 6 (75) 3 (60) 1 (50)
S 8 (25) 1 (25) 5 (36) 3 (25) 1 (13) 0 (0) 0 (0)
Community-based   39 (33) 2 (20) 3 (10) 15 (29) 22 (52) 14 (56) 4 (50)
D 36 (92) 2 (100) 3 (100) 15 (100) 19 (86 13 (93) 4 (100)
PA 34 (87) 2 (100) 2 (67) 14 (93) 18 (82) 11 (79) 3 (75)
M 25 (64) 1 (50) 2 (67) 11 (73) 13 (59) 8 (57) 2 (50)
S 6 (15) 1 (50) 0 (0) 5 (33) 1 (5) 0 (0) 0 (0)
School   21 (18) 0 (0) 0 (0) 8 (16) 13 (31) 5 (20) 2 (25)
D 18 (86) 0 (0) 0 (0) 6 (75) 13 (100) 5 (100) 1 (50)
PA 21 (100) 0 (0) 0 (0) 8 (100) 13 (100) 5 (100) 2 (100)
M 9 (43) 0 (0) 0 (0) 4 (50) 6 (46) 2 (40) 1 (50)
S 3 (14) 0 (0) 0 (0) 2 (25) 2 (15) 0 (0) 0 (0)
Childcare/preschool   11 (9) 0 (0) 1 (3) 11 (22) 2 (5) 1 (4) 0 (0)
D 9 (82) 0 (0) 1 (100) 9 (82) 2 (100) 1 (100) 0 (0)
PA 11 (100) 0 (0) 1 (100) 11 (100) 2 (100) 1 (100) 0 (0)
M 8 (73) 0 (0) 1 (100) 8 (73) 1 (50) 0 (0) 0 (0)
S 3 (27) 0 (0) 0 (0) 3 (27) 1 (50) 0 (0) 0 (0)
Multi-setting   24 (20) 2 (20) 3 (10) 12 (24) 9 (21) 6 (24) 2 (25)
D 21 (88) 2 (100) 3 (100) 10 (83) 8 (89) 6 (100) 2 (100)
PA 23 (96) (100) 3 (100) 12 (100) 8 (89) 5 (83) 2 (100)
M 19 (79) 2 (100) 3 (100) 9 (75) 6 (67) 5 (83) 2 (100)
S 7 (29) 2 (100) 2 (67) 4 (33) 1 (11) 0 (0) 0 (0)
Not setting specific/Unclear   11 (9) 1 (10) 2 (7) 7 (14) 1 (2) 2 (8) 1 (13)
D 10 (91) 1 (100) 2 (100) 6 (86) 1 (100) 2 (100) 1 (100)
PA 8 (73) 0 (0) 0 (0) 6 (86) 1 (100) 2 (100) 1 (100)
M 6 (55) 0 (0) 1 (50) 3 (43) 1 (100) 2 (100) 1 (100)
S 3 (27) 0 (0) 0 (0) 3 (43) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)
  1. Setting, age, and domain groups are not mutually exclusive thus totals may exceed 100%
  2. Bx Dom behavioral domain targeted, D diet, PA physical activity, M media use, S sleep
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