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Interventions to improve physical activity among socioeconomically disadvantaged groups

an umbrella review

Craike, M., Wiesner, G., Hilland, T.A., & Bengoechea, E.G. (2018). Interventions to improve physical activity among socioeconomically disadvantaged groups: an umbrella review. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 15

People from socioeconomically disadvantaged population groups are less likely to be physically active and more likely to experience adverse health outcomes than those who are less disadvantaged. In this umbrella review we examined across all age groups, (1) the effectiveness of interventions to improve physical activity among socioeconomically disadvantaged groups, (2) the characteristics of effective interventions, and (3) directions for future research.

Conclusions: Interventions can be successful at improving physical activity among children from socioeconomically disadvantaged groups, with evidence for other age groups weak or inconclusive. More high-quality studies in this population group are needed, which adopt strategies to increase recruitment rates and reduce attrition, report longer term outcomes, and provide adequate intervention details, to allow determination of the characteristics of effective interventions. We recommend that the benefits of physical activity be recognised more broadly than obesity prevention in future studies, as this may have implications for the design and appeal of interventions.

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Melinda Craike
Glen Wiesner
Toni Hilland
Enrique Garcia Bengoechea

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