Parent-involved digital health interventions reduce child BMI, meta-analysis finds

A systematic review and meta-analysis indexed on PubMed evaluates adiposity outcomes for children and adolescents with overweight or obesity.

Stands on 1 first-party reading of PubMed and ClinicalTrials.gov, not reporting.

A systematic review and meta-analysis examining parent-involved digital health interventions is indexed on PubMed.^[1] The entry was current as of 30 October 2026. The work appears in the Journal of Medical Internet Research. It analysed data from a total sample of 4156 participants. Primary outcomes for the review were adiposity related measures including BMI. Secondary outcomes included dietary behaviour, physical activity and sedentary behaviour. Authors reported parent-involved digital health interventions produced a small but statistically significant reduction in BMI related outcomes compared with controls. The pooled standardised mean difference was -0.11, 95% CI -0.19 to -0.04, P=.004. When results were stratified by control type, the effect remained significant for trials using inactive controls. No statistically significant effect was detected in trials using active controls.

Proof1 source · 1 publisher · signed

What this stands on

"Effects of Parent-Involved Digital Health Interventions on Adiposity-Related Outcomes and Behaviors in Children and Adolescents With Overweight or Obesity: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis." published in Journal of medical Internet research as a meta-analysis (PubMed 42962207, doi 10.2196/95757). Sample: 4156 as stated in the abstract. Primary outcome: Primary outcomes were adiposity-related outcomes such as BMI; secondary outcomes were adiposity-related behaviors, including dietary behavior · PubMed and ClinicalTrials.gov, read by the New studies instrument · the fact recordUnited Statesofficial source

Read directly from PubMed and ClinicalTrials.gov, the public registries of published studies and registered trials, not from anyone's report of it.