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The global result showed a low magnitude effect, though it was statistically significant (N = 14 428), global e.s. = −0.055, P = 0.004 (95% CI = −0.092, −0.017). Heterogeneity was low among the studies (I2 = 9.017%). The funnel plot showed no evidence of publication bias. The rank-correlation test of Begg (P = 0.45641) and Egger’s regression (P = 0.19459) confirmed the absence of bias. This meta-analysis reported a significant effect favoring the interventions; however, future research are needed since the reported the evidence was of low magnitude, with the studies following a substantial range of approaches and mostly had a modest methodological quality.</jats:p>","journal":"Health Education Research","year":2020,"id":607043,"datarank":0.29188652235829704,"base_score":1.9459101490553132,"endowment":1.9459101490553132,"self_citation_contribution":0.29188652235829704,"citation_network_contribution":0.0,"self_endowment_contribution":0.29188652235829704,"citer_contribution":0.0,"corpus_percentile":null,"corpus_rank":null,"citation_count":6,"citer_count":0,"citers_with_citation_signal":0,"citers_with_endowment":0,"datacite_reuse_total":0,"is_dataset":false,"is_dataset_confidence":null,"is_data_producer":false,"deposit_databanks":null,"is_oa":false,"file_count":0,"downloads":0,"has_version_chain":false,"published_date":null,"fair_score":null,"fair_percentile":null,"algorithm_id":"datarank_citation_only_1hop_v6","ranking_scope":"data_only","authors":[{"id":1558586,"name":"A N Barros","orcid":null,"position":1,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1558588,"name":"A J Silva","orcid":null,"position":2,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1558589,"name":"J C Leitão","orcid":null,"position":3,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1558590,"name":"J Narciso","orcid":null,"position":4,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1558591,"name":"Aldo M Costa","orcid":null,"position":5,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1558592,"name":"J M Tallon","orcid":null,"position":6,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1558584,"name":"R Saavedra Dias","orcid":"0000-0001-6974-6650","position":0,"is_corresponding":false}],"reference_count":0,"raw_metadata":{"has_enrichment":true,"resolved":true,"title":"The effect of school intervention programs on the body mass index of adolescents: a systematic review with meta-analysis","abstract":"<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title>\n               <jats:p>Effective obesity interventions in adolescent populations have been identified as an immediate priority action to stem the increasing prevalence of adult obesity. 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