Childhood obesity: should primary school children be routinely screened? A systematic review and discussion of the evidence
Westwood, M.; Fayter, D.; Hartley, S.; Rithalia, A.; Butler, G.; Glasziou, P.; Bland, M.; Nixon, J.; Stirk, L.; Rudolf, M. · White Rose Research Online
Background: Population monitoring has been introduced in UK primary schools in an effort to track the growing obesity epidemic. It has been argued that parents should be informed of their child’s results, but is there evidence that moving from monitoring to screening would be effective? We describe what is known about the effectiveness of monitoring and scre…