Characteristics of studies included in the systematic review and/or meta-analysis
| Population characteristics | Intervention characteristics | ||||||||
| Reference | Country | Study design | Age distribution | Sample size | Type of population | Physical activity intervention | Physical activity characteristics | Nutritional intervention | Nutritional characteristics |
| Author information and year of publication | Country | Design of the study | Age (years) of the participants range or means±SD | Number of participants | Population characteristics (low weight, normal weight, overweight, obese) | Type of physical activity intervention (leisure time physical activity, physical activity programme and/or physical activity counselling) | Definition of physical activity intervention (length of intervention, number of sessions, duration of each session, type of physical measurement (ie, physical activity scale, accelerometer or pedometer)) | Type of nutritional intervention (food education, nutritional counselling, diet intervention) | Definition of nutritional intervention (length of intervention) |