%0 Journal Article
%A McDermott, Kevin T
%A Noake, Caro
%A Wolff, Robert
%A Bauld, Linda
%A Espina, Carolina
%A Foucaud, Jérôme
%A Steindorf, Karen
%A Thorat, Mangesh A
%A Weijenberg, Matty P
%A Schüz, Joachim
%A Kleijnen, Jos
%T Digital interventions to moderate physical inactivity and/or nutrition in young people: a Cancer Prevention Europe overview of systematic reviews.
%J Frontiers in digital health
%V 5
%@ 2673-253X
%C Lausanne
%I Frontiers Media
%M DKFZ-2023-01569
%P 1185586
%D 2023
%X Strategies to increase physical activity (PA) and improve nutrition would contribute to substantial health benefits in the population, including reducing the risk of several types of cancers. The increasing accessibility of digital technologies mean that these tools could potentially facilitate the improvement of health behaviours among young people.We conducted a review of systematic reviews to assess the available evidence on digital interventions aimed at increasing physical activity and good nutrition in sub-populations of young people (school-aged children, college/university students, young adults only (over 18 years) and both adolescent and young adults (<25 years)).Searches for systematic reviews were conducted across relevant databases including KSR Evidence (www.ksrevidence.com), Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR) and Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE; CRD). Records were independently screened by title and abstract by two reviewers and those deemed eligible were obtained for full text screening. Risk of bias (RoB) was assessed with the Risk of Bias Assessment Tool for Systematic Reviews (ROBIS) tool. We employed a narrative analysis and developed evidence gap maps.Twenty-four reviews were included with at least one for each sub-population and employing a range of digital interventions. The quality of evidence was limited with only one of the 24 of reviews overall judged as low RoB. Definitions of 'digital intervention' greatly varied across systematic reviews with some reported interventions fitting into more than one category (i.e., an internet intervention could also be a mobile phone or computer intervention), however definitions as reported in the relevant reviews were used. No reviews reported cancer incidence or related outcomes. Available evidence was limited both by sub-population and type of intervention, but evidence was most pronounced in school-aged children. In school-aged children eHealth interventions, defined as school-based programmes delivered by the internet, computers, tablets, mobile technology, or tele-health methods, improved outcomes. Accelerometer-measured (Standardised Mean Difference [SMD] 0.33, 95
%K cancer (Other)
%K diet (Other)
%K digital health (Other)
%K evidence appraisal (Other)
%K evidence synthesis (Other)
%K physical activity (Other)
%K public health (Other)
%K systematic reviews (Other)
%F PUB:(DE-HGF)16
%9 Journal Article
%$ pmid:37534029
%2 pmc:PMC10393256
%R 10.3389/fdgth.2023.1185586
%U https://inrepo02.dkfz.de/record/277910