Overview of Systematic Reviews on Combined Diet and Physical Activity Interventions
by Atef Salem·Updated 24d ago
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Description
An overview synthesizing evidence from 32 systematic reviews on the effects of combined physical activity and diet interventions for people with overweight or obesity. The document, authored by Atef Salem and last updated in May 2026, analyzes outcomes including weight, BMI, cardiometabolic health, and physical fitness across different age groups and settings.
Use Cases
Identify effective program features for lifestyle interventions based on the synthesis of systematic review evidence.
Compare the efficacy of combined versus single-component interventions for health outcomes mentioned in the description.
Inform the design of scalable digital or hybrid delivery models for weight management programs.
Guide maintenance planning for long-term intervention effects based on reported attenuation patterns.
Strengths
Synthesizes evidence from 32 systematic reviews, including 19 meta-analyses.
Methodological quality of included reviews was assessed using AMSTAR 2.
Overlap between systematic reviews was quantified and reported as minimal (CCA 0.0–0.6%).
Limitations
The underlying data is a 2.6 MB DOCX file; column-level structure and row count are unknown.
The description notes that 69% of the included systematic reviews were of low or critically low quality.
Provenance
Source
figshare
Collection Method
Overview of systematic reviews following Cochrane guidance and PRIOR standards, sourced from five databases and Google Scholar.
Time Range
Systematic reviews searched until June 2024, with a Google Scholar update in January 2025.
Freshness
Last updated 2026-05-13 04:52:47
Data is provided as a DOCX document; extraction of structured data may be required for quantitative analysis.