Characterizing Obesity Interventions and Treatment for Children and Youths During 1991–2018
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Search Strategy and Eligibility
2.2. Data Extraction
2.3. Data Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Type of Data | Unit of Analysis | Analytical Methods | Presentations of Results |
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Keywords, Countries | Words | Frequency of co-occurrence | (1) Map of keyword clusters |
Abstracts | Papers | Latent Dirichlet Allocation | (2) 10 classifications of research topics |
Web of Science (WOS) classification of research areas | WOS research areas | Frequency of co-occurrence | (3) Dendrogram of research disciplines (WOS classification) |
Year Published | Total Number of Papers | Total Citations | Mean Cite Rate Per Year | Total Usage * Last 6 Months | Total Usage * Last 5 Years | Mean Use Rate ** Last 6 Months | Mean Use Rate ** Last 5 Years |
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2018 | 2333 | 2032 | 0.87 | 7750 | 12,590 | 3.32 | 1.08 |
2017 | 2147 | 8532 | 1.99 | 3507 | 20,822 | 1.63 | 1.94 |
2016 | 2147 | 15,174 | 2.36 | 2704 | 30,954 | 1.26 | 2.88 |
2015 | 2103 | 28,147 | 3.35 | 2363 | 36,240 | 1.12 | 3.45 |
2014 | 1838 | 29,916 | 3.26 | 1597 | 33,525 | 0.87 | 3.65 |
2013 | 1560 | 36,230 | 3.87 | 1140 | 35,573 | 0.73 | 4.56 |
2012 | 1459 | 38,440 | 3.76 | 976 | 27,891 | 0.67 | 3.82 |
2011 | 1432 | 42,896 | 3.74 | 998 | 22,267 | 0.70 | 3.11 |
2010 | 852 | 33,522 | 4.37 | 508 | 11,302 | 0.60 | 2.65 |
2009 | 963 | 39,974 | 4.15 | 541 | 11,023 | 0.56 | 2.29 |
2008 | 812 | 39,424 | 4.41 | 425 | 9002 | 0.52 | 2.22 |
2007 | 668 | 38,459 | 4.80 | 323 | 8008 | 0.48 | 2.40 |
2006 | 529 | 35,718 | 5.19 | 284 | 7142 | 0.54 | 2.70 |
2005 | 415 | 32,184 | 5.54 | 188 | 4187 | 0.45 | 2.02 |
2004 | 307 | 22,925 | 4.98 | 126 | 3368 | 0.41 | 2.19 |
2003 | 254 | 21,127 | 5.20 | 99 | 2187 | 0.39 | 1.72 |
2002 | 187 | 16,138 | 5.08 | 97 | 1778 | 0.52 | 1.90 |
2001 | 151 | 14,033 | 5.16 | 82 | 2160 | 0.54 | 2.86 |
2000 | 141 | 10,951 | 4.09 | 96 | 1610 | 0.68 | 2.28 |
1999 | 130 | 11,093 | 4.27 | 72 | 1226 | 0.55 | 1.89 |
1998 | 117 | 10,223 | 4.16 | 51 | 1155 | 0.44 | 1.97 |
1997 | 87 | 4801 | 2.51 | 13 | 448 | 0.15 | 1.03 |
1996 | 65 | 3886 | 2.60 | 10 | 336 | 0.15 | 1.03 |
1995 | 60 | 4438 | 3.08 | 13 | 315 | 0.22 | 1.05 |
1994 | 36 | 2212 | 2.46 | 11 | 153 | 0.31 | 0.85 |
1993 | 51 | 2475 | 1.87 | 10 | 167 | 0.20 | 0.65 |
1992 | 43 | 1639 | 1.41 | 10 | 113 | 0.23 | 0.53 |
1991 | 38 | 1634 | 1.54 | 10 | 104 | 0.26 | 0.55 |
Rank | Country Settings | Frequency | % | Rank | Country Settings | Frequency | % |
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1 | United States | 1394 | 20.6% | 31 | Poland | 41 | 0.6% |
2 | Australia | 672 | 9.9% | 32 | Chile | 40 | 0.6% |
3 | India | 329 | 4.9% | 33 | Malaysia | 39 | 0.6% |
4 | United Kingdom | 268 | 4.0% | 34 | Israel | 38 | 0.6% |
5 | China | 230 | 3.4% | 35 | Saudi Arabia | 37 | 0.5% |
6 | Canada | 222 | 3.3% | 36 | Thailand | 36 | 0.5% |
7 | Ireland | 204 | 3.0% | 37 | Switzerland | 34 | 0.5% |
8 | Oman | 197 | 2.9% | 38 | Singapore | 33 | 0.5% |
9 | Brazil | 177 | 2.6% | 39 | Indonesia | 30 | 0.4% |
10 | Germany | 140 | 2.1% | 40 | Wallis and Futuna | 30 | 0.4% |
11 | Japan | 131 | 1.9% | 41 | Colombia | 29 | 0.4% |
12 | Mexico | 128 | 1.9% | 42 | Viet Nam | 29 | 0.4% |
13 | Iran | 125 | 1.8% | 43 | Portugal | 28 | 0.4% |
14 | New Zealand | 125 | 1.8% | 44 | Bangladesh | 27 | 0.4% |
15 | Spain | 117 | 1.7% | 45 | Niger | 25 | 0.4% |
16 | Netherlands | 116 | 1.7% | 46 | Austria | 23 | 0.3% |
17 | South Africa | 107 | 1.6% | 47 | Georgia | 23 | 0.3% |
18 | Sweden | 88 | 1.3% | 48 | Kuwait | 23 | 0.3% |
19 | Italy | 86 | 1.3% | 49 | Nigeria | 23 | 0.3% |
20 | Taiwan | 66 | 1.0% | 50 | Argentina | 22 | 0.3% |
21 | Greece | 63 | 0.9% | 51 | Egypt | 22 | 0.3% |
22 | Belgium | 62 | 0.9% | 52 | Cuba | 21 | 0.3% |
23 | France | 62 | 0.9% | 53 | Czech | 20 | 0.3% |
24 | Denmark | 53 | 0.8% | 54 | Hungary | 20 | 0.3% |
25 | Norway | 53 | 0.8% | 55 | Bulgaria | 18 | 0.3% |
26 | Turkey | 46 | 0.7% | 56 | Jersey | 18 | 0.3% |
27 | Finland | 44 | 0.6% | 57 | Estonia | 17 | 0.3% |
28 | Pakistan | 44 | 0.6% | 58 | Guatemala | 17 | 0.3% |
29 | Peru | 43 | 0.6% | 59 | Lebanon | 17 | 0.3% |
30 | Hong Kong | 42 | 0.6% | 60 | Ghana | 16 | 0.2% |
Rank by the Highest Volume | Research Topics | n | Percent |
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Topic 2 | Pharmacotherapeutic interventions on obesity and complications | 2475 | 13.30% |
Topic 1 | Community Interventions among Children and Youths | 2371 | 12.80% |
Topic 3 | Epidemiological studies of obesity among children and youths | 2350 | 12.70% |
Topic 5 | Treatment of obesity-related diseases | 2296 | 12.40% |
Topic 7 | Treatment of chronic conditions with complications by obesity | 2082 | 11.20% |
Topic 4 | Family-based, multidisciplinary interventions | 1889 | 10.20% |
Topic 6 | Psychological and social impairments related to obesity | 1688 | 9.10% |
Topic 8 | Biomedical and preclinical research of obesity-related issues | 1276 | 6.90% |
Topic 9 | Community interventions to promote physical activity | 1264 | 6.80% |
Topic 10 | Dietary interventions | 851 | 4.60% |
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Tran, B.X.; Nghiem, S.; Afoakwah, C.; Latkin, C.A.; Ha, G.H.; Nguyen, T.P.; Doan, L.P.; Pham, H.Q.; Ho, C.S.H.; Ho, R.C.M. Characterizing Obesity Interventions and Treatment for Children and Youths During 1991–2018. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2019, 16, 4227. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16214227
Tran BX, Nghiem S, Afoakwah C, Latkin CA, Ha GH, Nguyen TP, Doan LP, Pham HQ, Ho CSH, Ho RCM. Characterizing Obesity Interventions and Treatment for Children and Youths During 1991–2018. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2019; 16(21):4227. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16214227
Chicago/Turabian StyleTran, Bach Xuan, Son Nghiem, Clifford Afoakwah, Carl A. Latkin, Giang Hai Ha, Thao Phuong Nguyen, Linh Phuong Doan, Hai Quang Pham, Cyrus S.H. Ho, and Roger C.M. Ho. 2019. "Characterizing Obesity Interventions and Treatment for Children and Youths During 1991–2018" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16, no. 21: 4227. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16214227