CompletedNot Applicable

Dairy Consumption and Overweight and Obesity in Children and Adolescents: a Meta-analysis.

Spain1 participantsStarted 2020-01-13

Plain-language summary

According to statistics from the European Association for the Study of Obesity (EASO), taking into account the definition of overweight and obesity recommended by the International Obesity Task Fort (IOTF), the prevalence of overweight (including obesity) in European children aged 7 to 17 years is 16-22% and the prevalence of obesity is 4-6%. Some review studies3 and meta-analysis4,5 have reported an inverse relationship between dairy products consumption and the prevalence or incidence of overweight and obesity. However, some methodological issues arise from these analyses. For instance, the combination of studies with different exposures (e.g. full fat milk, total milk) in the total dairy product analysis. Moreover, since the publication of the lasts meta-analysis in 2016, new epidemiological studies evaluating the association between dairy product consumption and overweight or obesity risk have been published. Objective The aim of this work is to systematically review and assess the associations between total dairy consumption and its different subtypes with the prevalence and incidence of overweight and obesity in children and adolescents.

Who can participate

Age range

3 Years – 21 Years

Sex

ALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Cross-sectional and Prospective cohort studies * At least 1 year of follow-up (for prospective cohorts) * Children and adolescents participants * Dairy consumption (total dairy, full-fat dairy, low-fat dairy, total milk, full-fat milk, low-f fat milk, total yogurt, full-fat yogurt, low-fat yogurt, total cheese, hard cheese, fresh cheese) as exposure * Overweight or obesity as outcomes * Odd ratios, risk ratios or hazard ratios and their corresponding 95% confidence interval (CI) as a measure of effect estimators. Exclusion Criteria: * Ecological, retrospective observational studies, non-human studies, letters, comments, reports, especial articles.

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What they're measuring

Overweight or obesity

Timeframe: Baseline

Overweight or obesity

Timeframe: Up to 40 years

Trial details

NCT IDNCT04297722

SponsorInstitut Investigacio Sanitaria Pere Virgili

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeOBSERVATIONAL

Primary completion2020-05-29

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