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The influence of each input parameters were examined to understand its effect for weight loss.
Pooled estimates showed a small significant effect for weight loss (MD -1.65 kg; 95 % CI -3.03 to -0.28; I 2 = 81 %), and no moderators were significant.Accelerometers demonstrated small positive effects on physical activity and weight loss.
The average treatment effect for weight was robust to the removal of trials.
33 72 Simultaneous exclusion of both trials did not change the average treatment effect for weight (21.5 g/month, 95% confidence interval 2.3 to 40.7).
71 72 However, these trials only accounted for 5.9%711 of the weights in the pooled treatment effect for height, and 1.2% 71 and 1.4%722 in the pooled treatment effect for weight.
There was a significant treatment arm effect for weight (P < 0.001), BMI (P < 0.001), and percent body fat (P < 0.001), showing an improvement in each measure over the course of the study.
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Visual analysis of the funnel plots showed no evidence of small study effects for weight related outcomes.
We find significant neighborhood effects for weight for age at age one, including a protective role for community-level women's education, but none for birth weight.
Finally, main effects for weight status were particularly pronounced for peer teasing and exclusion as well as for parental encouragement to control weight and shape.
Some energy restriction-only interventions have shown positive effects for weight loss when compared with exercise alone groups or controls, and these effects had the same magnitude as the effects of combined weight loss diet and exercise interventions.
Although some of the products reviewed above show potentially promising effects for weight control, for the majority more data are needed to define safety, the optimal dose required, and the actual magnitude of effects that can be expected during use in practice.
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