Living Systematic Review: Interventions for increasing fruit and vegetable consumption in children aged five years and under

In this interview we ask Rebecca Hodder from the National Health and Medical Research Centre Early Career Research Fellow, the University of Newcastle, Australia and Nicole Martin, Managing Editor, Cochrane Heart, University College London, London, UK to tell us more aboutthis Living Systematic Review, which looks at increasing fruit and vegetable consumption in children under five years old.Why was this review selected to be a Living Systematic Review (LSR) originally, was it in response to a target audience need?Rebecca: The original review was initiated by the author team, who are embedded within the Hunter New England Local Health District, to inform the delivery of healthy eating health promotion services to children. The original review identified 5 studies and little evidence of effectiveness to inform what interventions could be implemented within the Local Health District to increase the fruit and vegetable consumption of young children.For the first update of this review, the number of studies had substantially increased from 5 to 50 studies and it was during this update that we were approached to participate in a pilot study to maintain our review as an LSR.Our review was considered appropriate for an LSR, given it met three key criteria:First, the review question was considered a priority for decision making. There is a growing burden of disease internationally as a result of inadequate fruit and vegetable consumption, we know that childhood is a critical period d...

Source: Cochrane News and Events - February 4, 2020 Category: Information Technology Authors: Katie Abbotts Source Type: news