Search Search

Obesity

School-Based Interventions: Increasing Water Access in Schools

Snapshot Summary of CPSTF Finding The Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF) finds insufficient evidence to determine the effectiveness of interventions to increase water access in schools. Evidence is considered insufficient because there were too few studies. The CPSTF recommends the following related interventions…

Provider-Oriented Interventions: Multicomponent Provider Interventions

Snapshot Summary of CPSTF Finding The Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF) finds insufficient evidence to determine the effectiveness of multicomponent provider-oriented strategies to prevent and control obesity among child, adolescent, or adult clients based on the small number of studies reporting patient-level outcomes…

Digital Health Interventions for Adolescents with Overweight or Obesity

Snapshot Summary of CPSTF Finding The Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF) recommends digital health interventions to assist adolescents with overweight or obesity with weight management. Evidence shows these interventions lead to small but meaningful weight reductions in adolescents with overweight or obesity.…

Provider-Oriented Interventions: Provider Education with a Client Intervention

Snapshot Summary of CPSTF Finding The Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF) finds insufficient evidence to determine the effectiveness of provider education with client-level interventions to change provider behavior or to reduce weight among adult patients because of a small effect size in studies…

Provider-Oriented Interventions: Provider Feedback

Snapshot Summary of CPSTF Finding The Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF) finds insufficient evidence to determine the effectiveness of provider feedback alone to prevent and control obesity among child, adolescent, or adult clients because no studies of suitable quality were available. Intervention Provider…

Provider-Oriented Interventions: Provider Reminders

Snapshot Summary of CPSTF Finding The Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF) finds insufficient evidence to determine the effectiveness of provider reminders alone to prevent and control obesity among child, adolescent, or adult clients based on the small number of available studies and inconsistent…

Worksite Programs

Snapshot Summary of CPSTF Finding The Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF) recommends worksite programs intended to improve diet and/or physical activity behaviors based on strong evidence of their effectiveness for reducing weight among employees. Intervention Worksite nutrition and physical activity programs are…

Back to Archive