Prevalence of obesity and overweight in African learners: A protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis

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dc.contributor.authorAdom, Theodosia
dc.contributor.authorPuoane, Thandi
dc.contributor.authorDe Villiers, Anniza
dc.contributor.authorKengne, Andre P.
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-13T07:46:21Z
dc.date.available2017-03-13T07:46:21Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractIntroduction: Obesity and overweight are an emerging problem in Africa. Obese children are at increased risk of developing hypertension, high cholesterol, orthopaedic problems and type 2 diabetes as well as increased risk of adult obesity. Prevention of childhood overweight and obesity therefore needs high priority. The review approach is particularly useful in establishing whether research findings are consistent and can be generalised across populations and settings. This systematic review aims to assess the magnitude and distribution of overweight and obesity among primary school learners within populations in Africa. Methods and analysis: A comprehensive search of key bibliographic databases including MEDLINE (PubMed), MEDLINE (EbscoHost), CINAHL (EbscoHost), Academic Search Complete (EbscoHost) and ISI Web of Science (Science Citation Index) will be conducted for published literature. Grey literature will be also be obtained. Full-Text articles of eligible studies will be obtained and screened following predefined inclusion criteria. The quality of reporting as well as risk of bias of included studies will be assessed, data extracted and synthesised. The results will be summarised and presented by country and major regional groupings. Meta-Analysis will be conducted for identical variables across studies. This review will be reported following the MOOSE Guidelines for Meta-Analysis and Systematic Reviews of Observational Studies. Ethics and dissemination Ethics is not a requirement since no primary data will be collected. All data that will be presented in this review are based on published articles. The findings of this systematic review will be submitted for publication in peer-reviewed journals and disseminated in national and international conferences and also in policy documents to appropriate bodies for decision-making, where needed. It is expected that the findings will identify some research gaps for further studies.en_US
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dc.identifier.citationAdom, T. et al. (2017). Prevalence of obesity and overweight in African learners: A protocol for systematic review and meta-Analysis. BMJ Open, 7(1): Art. #e013538en_US
dc.identifier.issn2044-6055
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/2627
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-013538
dc.language.isoenen_US
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dc.publisherBMJ Publishing Groupen_US
dc.rightsThis is an Open Access article distributed in accordance with the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt and build upon this work, for commercial use, provided the original work is properly cited. See: http:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.status.ispeerreviewedTRUE
dc.subjectEpidemiologyen_US
dc.subjectNutritionen_US
dc.subjectDieteticsen_US
dc.titlePrevalence of obesity and overweight in African learners: A protocol for systematic review and meta-analysisen_US
dc.typeReviewen_US

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