From a question
In children and adolescents under 18 years, what measures of nutrition (dietary intake, diet quality, the home food environment), physical activity, and obesity or malnutrition (such as BMI and other anthropometric indices) have been developed or tested for validity, reliability or feasibility, and how do these measures compare with one another? Include studies from any setting, so that measures that could be used in primary care are not missed.
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- Finding the known studies(done)
- Drafting(done)
- Checking MeSH(done)
- Counting in PubMed(done)
- Checking known studies(done)
- Comparing with the reference(done)
- Run Search(done)
- Saving(done)
Run log (22)
- Finding the known studies: Finding 3 known studies in PubMed
- Note: With fewer than 6 known studies matched to PubMed records (3 matched), all are kept for validation and none is shown to the model.
- Drafting: Drafting concepts and terms
- Checking MeSH: Checking every MeSH heading, Supplementary Concept and publication type against NLM
- Counting in PubMed: Running 13 lines on PubMed
- Line 3: 5,126,943 records
- Line 1: 4,357,913 records
- Line 4: 1,384,803 records
- Line 5: 1,286,093 records
- Line 6: 2,024,003 records
- Line 7: 1,245,548 records
- Line 8: 2,549,937 records
- Line 9: 3,251,645 records
- Line 10: 43,548 records
- Line 11: 10,281,432 records
- Line 2: 2,843,339 records
- Line 13: 41,300 records
- Line 12: 42,666 records
- Checking known studies: Checking which known studies the final query finds
- Run Search: Fetching the first 20 records
- Saving: Saving the run
- Finished.
Final count (line 16)
13,444
Query as run (3,725 characters)
(((("Child"[Mesh] OR "Infant"[Mesh] OR "Adolescent"[Mesh:NoExp] OR "Pediatrics"[Mesh:NoExp] OR "Pediatric Obesity"[Mesh:NoExp]) OR (children[tiab] OR child[tiab] OR childhood[tiab] OR pediatric[tiab] OR paediatric[tiab] OR adolescen*[tiab] OR youth*[tiab] OR teenager*[tiab] OR infant*[tiab] OR toddler*[tiab] OR preschool*[tiab] OR schoolchild*[tiab] OR "school age"[tiab] OR "school aged"[tiab] OR boys[tiab] OR girls[tiab])) AND (("Diet"[Mesh:NoExp] OR "Diet, Healthy"[Mesh] OR "Nutrition Surveys"[Mesh] OR "Diet Records"[Mesh] OR "Energy Intake"[Mesh] OR "Eating"[Mesh] OR "Feeding Behavior"[Mesh:NoExp] OR "Food Preferences"[Mesh] OR "Nutrition Assessment"[Mesh] OR "Nutritional Status"[Mesh] OR "Sugar-Sweetened Beverages"[Mesh] OR "Exercise"[Mesh] OR "Motor Activity"[Mesh:NoExp] OR "Sedentary Behavior"[Mesh] OR "Screen Time"[Mesh] OR "Accelerometry"[Mesh] OR "Actigraphy"[Mesh] OR "Fitness Trackers"[Mesh] OR "Overweight"[Mesh] OR "Thinness"[Mesh] OR "Malnutrition"[Mesh:NoExp] OR "Protein-Energy Malnutrition"[Mesh] OR "Severe Acute Malnutrition"[Mesh] OR "Child Nutrition Disorders"[Mesh] OR "Anthropometry"[Mesh:NoExp] OR "Body Mass Index"[Mesh] OR "Waist Circumference"[Mesh] OR "Skinfold Thickness"[Mesh] OR "Waist-Hip Ratio"[Mesh] OR "Body Weight"[Mesh:NoExp] OR "Body Height"[Mesh:NoExp] OR "Growth Charts"[Mesh] OR "Body Composition"[Mesh] OR "Adiposity"[Mesh]) OR ("dietary intake"[tiab] OR "food intake"[tiab] OR "diet quality"[tiab] OR "dietary assessment"[tiab] OR "dietary pattern*"[tiab] OR "food frequency questionnaire*"[tiab] OR "24 hour recall*"[tiab] OR "dietary recall*"[tiab] OR "food record*"[tiab] OR "food diar*"[tiab] OR "healthy eating index"[tiab] OR "eating habit*"[tiab] OR "eating behavio*"[tiab] OR "food environment*"[tiab] OR "home food"[tiab] OR "fruit and vegetable*"[tiab] OR "nutritional status"[tiab] OR "nutritional assessment"[tiab] OR "nutrition screening"[tiab] OR "physical activit*"[tiab] OR "physically active"[tiab] OR sedentar*[tiab] OR "screen time"[tiab] OR accelerometer*[tiab] OR accelerometry[tiab] OR pedometer*[tiab] OR actigraph*[tiab] OR "step count*"[tiab] OR "moderate to vigorous"[tiab] OR MVPA[tiab] OR "energy expenditure"[tiab] OR "doubly labeled water"[tiab] OR "doubly labelled water"[tiab] OR "body mass index"[tiab] OR BMI[tiab] OR anthropometr*[tiab] OR "waist circumference"[tiab] OR "waist to height"[tiab] OR skinfold*[tiab] OR "body fat"[tiab] OR adiposity[tiab] OR "body composition"[tiab] OR "bioelectrical impedance"[tiab] OR overweight[tiab] OR obes*[tiab] OR underweight[tiab] OR malnutrition[tiab] OR malnourish*[tiab] OR undernutrition[tiab] OR undernourish*[tiab] OR stunting[tiab] OR stunted[tiab] OR wasting[tiab] OR "mid upper arm circumference"[tiab] OR MUAC[tiab] OR "weight for height"[tiab] OR "height for age"[tiab] OR "weight for age"[tiab] OR "growth chart*"[tiab])) AND (("Reproducibility of Results"[Mesh] OR "Psychometrics"[Mesh] OR "Validation Studies as Topic"[Mesh]) OR (validat*[tiab] OR validity[tiab] OR reliabilit*[tiab] OR reproducib*[tiab] OR psychometric*[tiab] OR "test retest"[tiab] OR "intraclass correlation*"[tiab] OR "Bland Altman"[tiab] OR "limits of agreement"[tiab] OR "measurement propert*"[tiab])) AND (("Surveys and Questionnaires"[Mesh]) OR (questionnaire*[tiab] OR instrument*[tiab] OR tool[tiab] OR tools[tiab] OR checklist*[tiab] OR inventor*[tiab] OR index[tiab] OR score*[tiab] OR scale[tiab] OR recall*[tiab] OR survey*[tiab] OR measure[tiab] OR measures[tiab]))) NOT ("Comment"[Publication Type] OR "Editorial"[Publication Type] OR "Letter"[Publication Type] OR "Case Reports"[Publication Type] OR "Preprint"[Publication Type] OR (animals[mh] NOT humans[mh]))) AND english[la] AND 2015:3000[dp]Known studies
3 of 3 found
95% CI 29%–100%
Only studies the model never saw are counted. Finding known studies does not prove the search is complete.
Each study (3)
- Found: 10.1016/j.jneb.2024.10.009PMID 39503699 · held back for validation
- Found: 10.1016/j.jneb.2015.12.001PMID 26864924 · held back for validation
- Found: 10.3390/nu11020372PMID 30759760 · held back for validation
Reference strategy
No reference strategy was given.
Search lines
| No. | Search | Results |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Children and adolescents "Child"[Mesh] (MeSH heading valid: D002648) OR "Infant"[Mesh] (MeSH heading valid: D007223) OR "Adolescent"[Mesh:NoExp] (MeSH heading valid: D000293) OR "Pediatrics"[Mesh:NoExp] (MeSH heading valid: D010372) OR "Pediatric Obesity"[Mesh:NoExp] (MeSH heading valid: D063766) | 4,357,913 |
| 2 | Children and adolescents children[tiab] OR child[tiab] OR childhood[tiab] OR pediatric[tiab] OR paediatric[tiab] OR adolescen*[tiab] OR youth*[tiab] OR teenager*[tiab] OR infant*[tiab] OR toddler*[tiab] OR preschool*[tiab] OR schoolchild*[tiab] OR "school age"[tiab] OR "school aged"[tiab] OR boys[tiab] OR girls[tiab] | 2,843,339 |
| 3 | Children and adolescents · block 1 OR 2 | 5,126,943 |
| 4 | Nutrition, physical activity and obesity or malnutrition constructs "Diet"[Mesh:NoExp] (MeSH heading valid: D004032) OR "Diet, Healthy"[Mesh] (MeSH heading valid: D000072001) OR "Nutrition Surveys"[Mesh] (MeSH heading valid: D009749) OR "Diet Records"[Mesh] (MeSH heading valid: D015930) OR "Energy Intake"[Mesh] (MeSH heading valid: D002149) OR "Eating"[Mesh] (MeSH heading valid: D004435) OR "Feeding Behavior"[Mesh:NoExp] (MeSH heading valid: D005247) OR "Food Preferences"[Mesh] (MeSH heading valid: D005518) OR "Nutrition Assessment"[Mesh] (MeSH heading valid: D015596) OR "Nutritional Status"[Mesh] (MeSH heading valid: D009752) OR "Sugar-Sweetened Beverages"[Mesh] (MeSH heading valid: D000080845) OR "Exercise"[Mesh] (MeSH heading valid: D015444) OR "Motor Activity"[Mesh:NoExp] (MeSH heading valid: D009043) OR "Sedentary Behavior"[Mesh] (MeSH heading valid: D057185) OR "Screen Time"[Mesh] (MeSH heading valid: D000077705) OR "Accelerometry"[Mesh] (MeSH heading valid: D061725) OR "Actigraphy"[Mesh] (MeSH heading valid: D056044) OR "Fitness Trackers"[Mesh] (MeSH heading valid: D000072936) OR "Overweight"[Mesh] (MeSH heading valid: D050177) OR "Thinness"[Mesh] (MeSH heading valid: D013851) OR "Malnutrition"[Mesh:NoExp] (MeSH heading valid: D044342) OR "Protein-Energy Malnutrition"[Mesh] (MeSH heading valid: D011502) OR "Severe Acute Malnutrition"[Mesh] (MeSH heading valid: D000067011) OR "Child Nutrition Disorders"[Mesh] (MeSH heading valid: D015362) OR "Anthropometry"[Mesh:NoExp] (MeSH heading valid: D000886) OR "Body Mass Index"[Mesh] (MeSH heading valid: D015992) OR "Waist Circumference"[Mesh] (MeSH heading valid: D055105) OR "Skinfold Thickness"[Mesh] (MeSH heading valid: D012885) OR "Waist-Hip Ratio"[Mesh] (MeSH heading valid: D049629) OR "Body Weight"[Mesh:NoExp] (MeSH heading valid: D001835) OR "Body Height"[Mesh:NoExp] (MeSH heading valid: D001827) OR "Growth Charts"[Mesh] (MeSH heading valid: D057238) OR "Body Composition"[Mesh] (MeSH heading valid: D001823) OR "Adiposity"[Mesh] (MeSH heading valid: D050154) | 1,384,803 |
| 5 | Nutrition, physical activity and obesity or malnutrition constructs "dietary intake"[tiab] OR "food intake"[tiab] OR "diet quality"[tiab] OR "dietary assessment"[tiab] OR "dietary pattern*"[tiab] OR "food frequency questionnaire*"[tiab] OR "24 hour recall*"[tiab] OR "dietary recall*"[tiab] OR "food record*"[tiab] OR "food diar*"[tiab] OR "healthy eating index"[tiab] OR "eating habit*"[tiab] OR "eating behavio*"[tiab] OR "food environment*"[tiab] OR "home food"[tiab] OR "fruit and vegetable*"[tiab] OR "nutritional status"[tiab] OR "nutritional assessment"[tiab] OR "nutrition screening"[tiab] OR "physical activit*"[tiab] OR "physically active"[tiab] OR sedentar*[tiab] OR "screen time"[tiab] OR accelerometer*[tiab] OR accelerometry[tiab] OR pedometer*[tiab] OR actigraph*[tiab] OR "step count*"[tiab] OR "moderate to vigorous"[tiab] OR MVPA[tiab] OR "energy expenditure"[tiab] OR "doubly labeled water"[tiab] OR "doubly labelled water"[tiab] OR "body mass index"[tiab] OR BMI[tiab] OR anthropometr*[tiab] OR "waist circumference"[tiab] OR "waist to height"[tiab] OR skinfold*[tiab] OR "body fat"[tiab] OR adiposity[tiab] OR "body composition"[tiab] OR "bioelectrical impedance"[tiab] OR overweight[tiab] OR obes*[tiab] OR underweight[tiab] OR malnutrition[tiab] OR malnourish*[tiab] OR undernutrition[tiab] OR undernourish*[tiab] OR stunting[tiab] OR stunted[tiab] OR wasting[tiab] OR "mid upper arm circumference"[tiab] OR MUAC[tiab] OR "weight for height"[tiab] OR "height for age"[tiab] OR "weight for age"[tiab] OR "growth chart*"[tiab] | 1,286,093 |
| 6 | Nutrition, physical activity and obesity or malnutrition constructs · block 4 OR 5 | 2,024,003 |
| 7 | Validity, reliability and feasibility of measures "Reproducibility of Results"[Mesh] (MeSH heading valid: D015203) OR "Psychometrics"[Mesh] (MeSH heading valid: D011594) OR "Validation Studies as Topic"[Mesh] (MeSH heading valid: D054928) | 577,818 |
| 8 | Validity, reliability and feasibility of measures validat*[tiab] OR validity[tiab] OR reliabilit*[tiab] OR reproducib*[tiab] OR psychometric*[tiab] OR "test retest"[tiab] OR "intraclass correlation*"[tiab] OR "Bland Altman"[tiab] OR "limits of agreement"[tiab] OR "measurement propert*"[tiab] | 1,782,823 |
| 9 | Validity, reliability and feasibility of measures · block 7 OR 8 | 2,047,170 |
| 10 | Measurement instruments "Surveys and Questionnaires"[Mesh] (MeSH heading valid: D011795) | 1,414,966 |
| 11 | Measurement instruments questionnaire*[tiab] OR instrument*[tiab] OR tool[tiab] OR tools[tiab] OR checklist*[tiab] OR inventor*[tiab] OR index[tiab] OR score*[tiab] OR scale[tiab] OR recall*[tiab] OR survey*[tiab] OR measure[tiab] OR measures[tiab] | 7,208,235 |
| 12 | Measurement instruments · block 10 OR 11 | 7,666,293 |
| 13 | combined 3 AND 6 AND 9 AND 12 | 22,186 |
| 14 | excluded "Comment"[Publication Type] (publication type valid: D016420) OR "Editorial"[Publication Type] (publication type valid: D016421) OR "Letter"[Publication Type] (publication type valid: D016422) OR "Case Reports"[Publication Type] (publication type valid: D002363) OR "Preprint"[Publication Type] (publication type valid: D000076942) OR (animals[mh] NOT humans[mh]) | 10,281,432 |
| 15 | exclusions removed 13 NOT 14 | 21,971 |
| 16Final | limits 15 AND english[la] AND 2015:3000[dp] | 13,444 |
Issues
- Warning: Language limit (english): it can remove relevant studies; report and justify it.
- Warning: Publication types excluded with NOT (Comment, Editorial, Letter, Case Reports, Preprint): report and justify the exclusion.
- Note: With fewer than 6 known studies matched to PubMed records (3 matched), all are kept for validation and none is shown to the model.
First records
- Associations of nutritional status and oral health-related quality of life with early childhood caries of children aged 4-5 years: a hospital-based cross-sectional analytical study. (PubMed, opens in a new tab)
Nadeeshani H, Narada M, Gunawardena S et al. · Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2026 · PMID 42947271
- Cross-group and longitudinal measurement invariance of the Child Eating Behavior Questionnaire-24G in middle childhood. (PubMed, opens in a new tab)
Ruden JC, Warschburger P · Journal of eating disorders · 2026 · PMID 42947253
- Effects of school-based nutrition education on self-efficacy, attitudes, food behaviors, and health in children. (PubMed, opens in a new tab)
Terzi M, Ergan K, Demirkesen-Bicak H · BMC pediatrics · 2026 · PMID 42947061
- Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease in Children. (PubMed, opens in a new tab)
Yodoshi T, Xanthakos S · Clinics in liver disease · 2026 · PMID 42946529
- Validation of the Healthy Complementary Feeding Practices Index: A Novel Approach for Assessing Infant Feeding in Mexico. (PubMed, opens in a new tab)
Tercero-Gómez F, Ramírez-Silva I, Rivera JA et al. · Archives of medical research · 2026 · PMID 42945754
- The Preterm Brain Is Also What It Eats: A Systematic Review of Nutrition and Neuroimaging Outcomes in Preterm Infants. (PubMed, opens in a new tab)
Canepa ME, Prefumo F, Biagioli V et al. · Nutrients · 2026 · PMID 42942963
- School-Based Rescued Produce Distribution, and Changes in Parental Fruit Intake and Household Dietary Behaviors: A Non-Randomized Controlled Cluster Trial. (PubMed, opens in a new tab)
Hod-Ovadia S, Kilzi M, Factor H et al. · Nutrients · 2026 · PMID 42942926
- Children's Perception of Parental Body Size and Its Association with Their Desire to Be Like the Parent. (PubMed, opens in a new tab)
Kurt AK, Karakullukçu S · Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026 · PMID 42940723
- Overlap of Subcutaneous Adiposity Across World Health Organization Body Mass Index-for-Age Categories and Anthropometric Correlates of Handgrip Strength in Children Aged 6-12 Years Participating in Organised Club Sport in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (PubMed, opens in a new tab)
Giménez MJ, Herrera-Amante CA, Yáñez-Sepúlveda R et al. · Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026 · PMID 42940677
- Orthorexia Symptoms in Adolescents: Associations with Sociocultural Attitudes Toward Appearance and Body Composition. (PubMed, opens in a new tab)
Kiciak A, Staśkiewicz W, Kuczka-Marek N et al. · Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026 · PMID 42940674
- Health-Related Behaviors and BMI Across Three School Years: Annual Bayesian Network Patterns During the PETICA Childhood Obesity Prevention Program. (PubMed, opens in a new tab)
Cobal Pravdić S, Vranešić Bender D, Gajdoš Kljusurić J et al. · Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026 · PMID 42940616
- Maternal Pharmaceutical Intake, Tobacco Smoking, and Environmental Pesticide Exposures: High-Resolution Serum Pesticide Screening, Longitudinal Fetal Ultrasound Biometry, and Postnatal Anogenital Distance in a Brazilian Cohort. (PubMed, opens in a new tab)
Sater AC, da Silva AM, de Moraes IC et al. · Biology · 2026 · PMID 42939470
- Synthesized cardiometabolic, pulmonary, and sleep outcomes after bariatric surgery in adolescents with severe obesity: A systematic review and meta-analysis. (PubMed, opens in a new tab)
Lal P, Kumar N, Gupta S et al. · Obesity pillars · 2026 · PMID 42935885
- Factors associated with severe disease and in-hospital mortality in children with non-HIV-associated Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia: a single-center retrospective cohort study. (PubMed, opens in a new tab)
Ning J, Chen D, Yu Z et al. · Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2026 · PMID 42935836
- Outcomes of gastrostomy in children with neurological impairment: a systematic review. (PubMed, opens in a new tab)
Ibrahim MK, Jummakhan H, Dawood M et al. · Frontiers in pediatrics · 2026 · PMID 42935813
- The association between perceived bullying in physical education classes and school satisfaction among middle school students: the mediating roles of physical activity enjoyment and physical education class happiness. (PubMed, opens in a new tab)
Güllü M, Akarsu M, Tan H et al. · BMC pediatrics · 2026 · PMID 42934590
- The illusion of continued leg growth: A modern 3D anthropometric analysis of segmental growth dissociation in Korean children. (PubMed, opens in a new tab)
Kim J, Park J, Kim Y et al. · Journal of orthopaedic science : official journal of the Japanese Orthopaedic Association · 2026 · PMID 42934038
- Identification of metabolic risk phenotypes among U.S. adolescents: A machine learning analysis of NHANES 2017-2023. (PubMed, opens in a new tab)
Antunez Martinez OF · Journal of pediatric nursing · 2026 · PMID 42934008
- Prevalence of food insecurity in households with children under 5 years of age in Ecuador: analysis of the national child malnutrition surveys. (PubMed, opens in a new tab)
Morejón-Terán YA, Durán-Agüero S, Ríos-Castillo I et al. · Public health nutrition · 2026 · PMID 42927982
- Maternal fruit and vegetable consumption in relation to newborn anthropometric outcomes. (PubMed, opens in a new tab)
Riggioni-Saborío L, Jardí C, Cruz-Rodríguez J et al. · European journal of nutrition · 2026 · PMID 42927569
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Objective and notes from the draft
To identify measures of nutrition (dietary intake, diet quality, home food environment), physical activity, and obesity or malnutrition (BMI and other anthropometric indices) in children and adolescents under 18 years that have been developed or tested for validity, reliability or feasibility, and to compare how these measures perform against one another, in any setting including primary care.
- The three constructs (nutrition, physical activity, obesity or malnutrition) are combined in one block with OR, because a study of any one of them is eligible.
- Setting is not searched: the question asks for any setting so that measures usable in primary care are not missed.
- Physical fitness (e.g. cardiorespiratory fitness tests) was left out as a distinct construct from physical activity; add Physical Fitness if fitness measures are wanted.
- Diet, Malnutrition, Anthropometry, Body Weight and Motor Activity are searched without their narrower headings to avoid therapeutic diets, single micronutrient deficiencies, cephalometry, birth weight and motor-skill records; wanted narrower headings are listed separately.
- Bare agreement and accuracy were left out as too generic; agreement is captured by Bland Altman, limits of agreement, kappa and concordance.
- The comparison between measures is not searched separately; method-comparison studies are found through validity and agreement terms.
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Children and adolescentsPopulation
5,126,943 records · 21 of 21 terms on
- MeSH valid: D002648AI
"Child"[Mesh]
Age heading for children 2-12 years, exploded to include Child, Preschool.
- MeSH valid: D007223AI
"Infant"[Mesh]
Covers children under 2 years, whose growth and feeding are measured for malnutrition.
- MeSH valid: D000293AI
"Adolescent"[Mesh:NoExp]
Age heading for 13-18 years.
- MeSH valid: D010372AI
"Pediatrics"[Mesh:NoExp]
Captures records indexed by the paediatric discipline, including primary care paediatrics.
- MeSH valid: D063766AI
"Pediatric Obesity"[Mesh:NoExp]
Obesity heading specific to children, which signals the population even when age headings are missing.
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children[tiab]
Core population word.
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child[tiab]
Singular form; child* is avoided because it also finds childbirth.
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childhood[tiab]
Common in phrases such as childhood obesity.
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pediatric[tiab]
American spelling.
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paediatric[tiab]
British spelling.
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adolescen*[tiab]
Covers adolescent, adolescents and adolescence.
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youth*[tiab]
Covers youth and youths.
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teenager*[tiab]
Lay synonym for adolescents.
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infant*[tiab]
Covers infant and infants.
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toddler*[tiab]
Young children aged 1-3 years.
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preschool*[tiab]
Covers preschool and preschoolers.
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schoolchild*[tiab]
Covers schoolchild and schoolchildren.
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"school age"[tiab]
Common age descriptor in measurement studies.
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"school aged"[tiab]
Variant of school age.
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boys[tiab]
Sex-specific term for child samples.
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girls[tiab]
Sex-specific term for child samples.
Nutrition, physical activity and obesity or malnutrition constructsExposure
2,024,003 records · 93 of 93 terms on · 50 suggestions off
- MeSH valid: D004032AI
"Diet"[Mesh:NoExp]
Diet heading, not exploded, so that therapeutic diets such as ketogenic or gluten-free diets are not all brought in.
- MeSH valid: D000072001AI
"Diet, Healthy"[Mesh]
Diet quality and healthy eating indices.
- MeSH valid: D009749AI
"Nutrition Surveys"[Mesh]
Includes Diet Surveys such as food frequency questionnaires and recalls.
- MeSH valid: D015930AI
"Diet Records"[Mesh]
Food records and diaries used to measure intake.
- MeSH valid: D002149AI
"Energy Intake"[Mesh]
Measured dietary energy intake.
- MeSH valid: D004435AI
"Eating"[Mesh]
Food consumption.
- MeSH valid: D005247AI
"Feeding Behavior"[Mesh:NoExp]
Eating behaviour in children, not exploded to avoid animal behaviour headings.
- MeSH valid: D005518AI
"Food Preferences"[Mesh]
Child food preference measures.
- MeSH valid: D015596AI
"Nutrition Assessment"[Mesh]
Methods for assessing nutritional status.
- MeSH valid: D009752AI
"Nutritional Status"[Mesh]
Construct measured by anthropometric and dietary indices.
- MeSH valid: D000080845AI
"Sugar-Sweetened Beverages"[Mesh]
Frequently measured component of children's diet.
- MeSH valid: D015444AI
"Exercise"[Mesh]
Physical activity heading.
- MeSH valid: D009043AI
"Motor Activity"[Mesh:NoExp]
Physical activity in general, not exploded to avoid locomotion and motor-skill headings.
- MeSH valid: D057185AI
"Sedentary Behavior"[Mesh]
Sedentary time is measured alongside physical activity.
- MeSH valid: D000077705AI
"Screen Time"[Mesh]
Common measured sedentary behaviour in children.
- MeSH valid: D061725AI
"Accelerometry"[Mesh]
Objective physical activity measurement method.
- MeSH valid: D056044AI
"Actigraphy"[Mesh]
Activity monitor measurement.
- MeSH valid: D000072936AI
"Fitness Trackers"[Mesh]
Wearable devices that measure activity.
- MeSH valid: D050177AI
"Overweight"[Mesh]
Includes Obesity and Pediatric Obesity.
- MeSH valid: D013851AI
"Thinness"[Mesh]
Underweight in children.
- MeSH valid: D044342AI
"Malnutrition"[Mesh:NoExp]
Malnutrition in general, not exploded to avoid single micronutrient deficiency diseases.
- MeSH valid: D011502AI
"Protein-Energy Malnutrition"[Mesh]
Undernutrition including kwashiorkor.
- MeSH valid: D000067011AI
"Severe Acute Malnutrition"[Mesh]
Wasting assessed with MUAC and weight-for-height.
- MeSH valid: D015362AI
"Child Nutrition Disorders"[Mesh]
Nutrition disorders specific to children.
- MeSH valid: D000886AI
"Anthropometry"[Mesh:NoExp]
Anthropometric measurement, not exploded to avoid cephalometry and dental measurements.
- MeSH valid: D015992AI
"Body Mass Index"[Mesh]
Central obesity index in the question.
- MeSH valid: D055105AI
"Waist Circumference"[Mesh]
Anthropometric index of central adiposity.
- MeSH valid: D012885AI
"Skinfold Thickness"[Mesh]
Anthropometric adiposity measure.
- MeSH valid: D049629AI
"Waist-Hip Ratio"[Mesh]
Anthropometric index.
- MeSH valid: D001835AI
"Body Weight"[Mesh:NoExp]
Weight measurement, not exploded to avoid birth weight and weight change headings.
- MeSH valid: D001827AI
"Body Height"[Mesh:NoExp]
Height measurement used for stunting and BMI.
- MeSH valid: D057238AI
"Growth Charts"[Mesh]
Reference charts used to classify growth and weight status.
- MeSH valid: D001823AI
"Body Composition"[Mesh]
Body fat measures used as criterion or index of obesity.
- MeSH valid: D050154AI
"Adiposity"[Mesh]
Construct targeted by obesity measures.
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"dietary intake"[tiab]
Named construct in the question.
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"food intake"[tiab]
Synonym for dietary intake.
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"diet quality"[tiab]
Named construct in the question.
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"dietary assessment"[tiab]
Generic name for diet measurement methods.
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"dietary pattern*"[tiab]
Diet quality construct.
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"food frequency questionnaire*"[tiab]
Common dietary instrument without its own heading.
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"24 hour recall*"[tiab]
Common dietary reference method.
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"dietary recall*"[tiab]
Variant naming of recall methods.
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"food record*"[tiab]
Dietary record method.
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"food diar*"[tiab]
Covers food diary and food diaries.
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"healthy eating index"[tiab]
Named diet quality index.
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"eating habit*"[tiab]
Common wording for dietary behaviour measures.
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"eating behavio*"[tiab]
Covers eating behaviour and behavior.
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"food environment*"[tiab]
Covers home food environment, which has no heading.
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"home food"[tiab]
Home food availability and environment measures.
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"fruit and vegetable*"[tiab]
Frequently measured dietary component.
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"nutritional status"[tiab]
Construct of malnutrition measures.
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"nutritional assessment"[tiab]
Wording for nutrition measurement tools.
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"nutrition screening"[tiab]
Screening tools relevant to primary care.
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"physical activit*"[tiab]
Covers physical activity and activities.
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"physically active"[tiab]
Variant wording.
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sedentar*[tiab]
Covers sedentary and sedentariness.
- TextAI
"screen time"[tiab]
Measured sedentary behaviour.
- TextAI
accelerometer*[tiab]
Objective activity monitor.
- TextAI
accelerometry[tiab]
Method name for accelerometer measurement.
- TextAI
pedometer*[tiab]
Step-counting device.
- TextAI
actigraph*[tiab]
Covers ActiGraph devices and actigraphy.
- TextAI
"step count*"[tiab]
Activity outcome from devices.
- TextAI
"moderate to vigorous"[tiab]
MVPA, the standard activity metric in children.
- TextAI
MVPA[tiab]
Unambiguous abbreviation for moderate-to-vigorous physical activity.
- TextAI
"energy expenditure"[tiab]
Criterion construct for activity and intake measures.
- TextAI
"doubly labeled water"[tiab]
Reference method for energy intake and expenditure.
- TextAI
"doubly labelled water"[tiab]
British spelling of the reference method.
- TextAI
"body mass index"[tiab]
Named obesity index.
- TextAI
BMI[tiab]
Common abbreviation of body mass index.
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anthropometr*[tiab]
Covers anthropometry and anthropometric.
- TextAI
"waist circumference"[tiab]
Anthropometric index.
- TextAI
"waist to height"[tiab]
Waist-to-height ratio index.
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skinfold*[tiab]
Covers skinfold and skinfolds.
- TextAI
"body fat"[tiab]
Adiposity construct.
- TextAI
adiposity[tiab]
Adiposity construct.
- TextAI
"body composition"[tiab]
Body composition measures.
- TextAI
"bioelectrical impedance"[tiab]
Field method for body fat.
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overweight[tiab]
Weight status category.
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obes*[tiab]
Covers obese and obesity.
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underweight[tiab]
Weight status category.
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malnutrition[tiab]
Named condition in the question.
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malnourish*[tiab]
Covers malnourished.
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undernutrition[tiab]
Synonym for malnutrition.
- TextAI
undernourish*[tiab]
Covers undernourished.
- TextAI
stunting[tiab]
Anthropometric malnutrition indicator.
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stunted[tiab]
Variant of stunting.
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wasting[tiab]
Anthropometric malnutrition indicator.
- TextAI
"mid upper arm circumference"[tiab]
MUAC screening measure for malnutrition.
- TextAI
MUAC[tiab]
Abbreviation of mid-upper arm circumference.
- TextAI
"weight for height"[tiab]
Anthropometric index.
- TextAI
"height for age"[tiab]
Anthropometric index for stunting.
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"weight for age"[tiab]
Anthropometric index for underweight.
- TextAI
"growth chart*"[tiab]
Growth references used to classify weight status.
Suggested MeSH entry terms (50, off)
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"Food Patterns"[tiab]
Synonym of the MeSH heading "Diet" (D004032)
- TextEntry term
"Healthy Diet"[tiab]
Synonym of the MeSH heading "Diet, Healthy" (D000072001)
- TextEntry term
"Healthy Eating"[tiab]
Synonym of the MeSH heading "Diet, Healthy" (D000072001)
- TextEntry term
"Nutritional Surveys"[tiab]
Synonym of the MeSH heading "Nutrition Surveys" (D009749)
- TextEntry term
"National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey"[tiab]
Narrower concept under the MeSH heading "Nutrition Surveys" (D009749)
- TextEntry term
NHANES[tiab]
Narrower concept "National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey" under the MeSH heading "Nutrition Surveys" (D009749)
- TextEntry term
"Dietary Records"[tiab]
Synonym of the MeSH heading "Diet Records" (D015930)
- TextEntry term
"Caloric Intake"[tiab]
Synonym of the MeSH heading "Energy Intake" (D002149)
- TextEntry term
"Calorie Intake"[tiab]
Synonym of the MeSH heading "Energy Intake" (D002149)
- TextEntry term
Ingestion[tiab]
Narrower concept under the MeSH heading "Eating" (D004435)
- TextEntry term
"Macronutrient Intake"[tiab]
Narrower concept under the MeSH heading "Eating" (D004435)
- TextEntry term
"Micronutrient Intake"[tiab]
Narrower concept under the MeSH heading "Eating" (D004435)
- TextEntry term
"Feeding-Related Behavior"[tiab]
Synonym of the MeSH heading "Feeding Behavior" (D005247)
- TextEntry term
"Feeding Patterns"[tiab]
Narrower concept under the MeSH heading "Feeding Behavior" (D005247)
- TextEntry term
"Food Habits"[tiab]
Narrower concept under the MeSH heading "Feeding Behavior" (D005247)
- TextEntry term
"Dietary Habits"[tiab]
Narrower concept under the MeSH heading "Feeding Behavior" (D005247)
- TextEntry term
"Faith-based Dietary Restrictions"[tiab]
Narrower concept under the MeSH heading "Feeding Behavior" (D005247)
- TextEntry term
"Diet Habits"[tiab]
Narrower concept "Dietary Habits" under the MeSH heading "Feeding Behavior" (D005247)
- TextEntry term
"Food Selection"[tiab]
Narrower concept under the MeSH heading "Food Preferences" (D005518)
- TextEntry term
"Nutrition Assessments"[tiab]
Synonym of the MeSH heading "Nutrition Assessment" (D015596)
- TextEntry term
"Mini Nutrition Assessment"[tiab]
Narrower concept "Mini Nutritional Assessment" under the MeSH heading "Nutrition Assessment" (D015596)
- TextEntry term
"Nutrition Status"[tiab]
Synonym of the MeSH heading "Nutritional Status" (D009752)
- TextEntry term
"Sugar-Added Beverage"[tiab]
Synonym of the MeSH heading "Sugar-Sweetened Beverages" (D000080845)
- TextEntry term
"Sugar-Added Beverages"[tiab]
Synonym of the MeSH heading "Sugar-Sweetened Beverages" (D000080845)
- TextEntry term
"Sugar Sweetened Beverage"[tiab]
Synonym of the MeSH heading "Sugar-Sweetened Beverages" (D000080845)
- TextEntry term
"Sugar-Sweetened Sodas"[tiab]
Narrower concept under the MeSH heading "Sugar-Sweetened Beverages" (D000080845)
- TextEntry term
"Sugar-Sweetened Soda"[tiab]
Narrower concept "Sugar-Sweetened Sodas" under the MeSH heading "Sugar-Sweetened Beverages" (D000080845)
- TextEntry term
"Acute Exercise"[tiab]
Narrower concept under the MeSH heading "Exercise" (D015444)
- TextEntry term
"Aerobic Exercise"[tiab]
Narrower concept "Exercise, Aerobic" under the MeSH heading "Exercise" (D015444)
- TextEntry term
"Isometric Exercise"[tiab]
Narrower concept "Exercise, Isometric" under the MeSH heading "Exercise" (D015444)
- TextEntry term
"Active Breaks"[tiab]
Narrower concept under the MeSH heading "Exercise" (D015444)
- TextEntry term
"Activity Breaks"[tiab]
Narrower concept "Active Breaks" under the MeSH heading "Exercise" (D015444)
- TextEntry term
"Reclining Position"[tiab]
Synonym of the MeSH heading "Sedentary Behavior" (D057185)
- TextEntry term
"Physical Inactivity"[tiab]
Narrower concept under the MeSH heading "Sedentary Behavior" (D057185)
- TextEntry term
"Lack of Exercise"[tiab]
Narrower concept "Physical Inactivity" under the MeSH heading "Sedentary Behavior" (D057185)
- TextEntry term
"Screen Use"[tiab]
Synonym of the MeSH heading "Screen Time" (D000077705)
- TextEntry term
"Screen Exposure"[tiab]
Synonym of the MeSH heading "Screen Time" (D000077705)
- TextEntry term
"Television Watching"[tiab]
Narrower concept under the MeSH heading "Screen Time" (D000077705)
- TextEntry term
"TV Viewing"[tiab]
Narrower concept "Television Watching" under the MeSH heading "Screen Time" (D000077705)
- TextEntry term
"Television Viewing"[tiab]
Narrower concept "Television Watching" under the MeSH heading "Screen Time" (D000077705)
- TextEntry term
"Watching Television"[tiab]
Narrower concept "Television Watching" under the MeSH heading "Screen Time" (D000077705)
- TextEntry term
"Personal Fitness Trackers"[tiab]
Narrower concept under the MeSH heading "Fitness Trackers" (D000072936)
- TextEntry term
"Physical Fitness Trackers"[tiab]
Narrower concept under the MeSH heading "Fitness Trackers" (D000072936)
- TextEntry term
Leanness[tiab]
Synonym of the MeSH heading "Thinness" (D013851)
- TextEntry term
"Nutritional Deficiency"[tiab]
Synonym of the MeSH heading "Malnutrition" (D044342)
- TextEntry term
Marasmus[tiab]
Narrower concept under the MeSH heading "Protein-Energy Malnutrition" (D011502)
- TextEntry term
"Child Overnutrition"[tiab]
Narrower concept under the MeSH heading "Child Nutrition Disorders" (D015362)
- TextEntry term
"Quetelet Index"[tiab]
Synonym of the MeSH heading "Body Mass Index" (D015992)
- TextEntry term
"Quetelet's Index"[tiab]
Synonym of the MeSH heading "Body Mass Index" (D015992)
- TextEntry term
"Waist-to-Hip Ratio"[tiab]
Synonym of the MeSH heading "Waist-Hip Ratio" (D049629)
Validity, reliability and feasibility of measuresOutcome
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- MeSH valid: D015203AI
"Reproducibility of Results"[Mesh]
Main heading for reliability and reproducibility of measures.
- MeSH valid: D011594AI
"Psychometrics"[Mesh]
Measurement properties of questionnaires.
- MeSH valid: D005240AI
"Feasibility Studies"[Mesh]
Feasibility is a named property in the question.
- MeSH valid: D012680AI
"Sensitivity and Specificity"[Mesh]
Diagnostic accuracy of BMI and screening cut-offs, including ROC analyses.
- MeSH valid: D015588AI
"Observer Variation"[Mesh]
Inter- and intra-observer reliability of anthropometric measurement.
- MeSH valid: D054928AI
"Validation Studies as Topic"[Mesh]
Records about validation of measures.
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validat*[tiab]
Covers validation, validated and validating.
- TextAI
validity[tiab]
Core measurement property, including criterion and construct validity.
- TextAI
reliabilit*[tiab]
Covers reliability and reliabilities.
- TextAI
reproducib*[tiab]
Covers reproducibility and reproducible.
- TextAI
repeatability[tiab]
Synonym for test-retest reliability.
- TextAI
psychometric*[tiab]
Covers psychometric and psychometrics.
- TextAI
feasib*[tiab]
Covers feasibility and feasible.
- TextAI
"test retest"[tiab]
Reliability design.
- TextAI
"inter rater"[tiab]
Inter-rater reliability.
- TextAI
interrater[tiab]
Joined form of inter-rater.
- TextAI
"intra rater"[tiab]
Intra-rater reliability.
- TextAI
intrarater[tiab]
Joined form of intra-rater.
- TextAI
"intraclass correlation*"[tiab]
Reliability statistic.
- TextAI
"Bland Altman"[tiab]
Agreement method used to compare measures.
- TextAI
"limits of agreement"[tiab]
Agreement statistic for method comparison.
- TextAI
kappa[tiab]
Agreement statistic for categorical measures.
- TextAI
concordance[tiab]
Agreement between measures.
- TextAI
"measurement error*"[tiab]
Measurement property.
- TextAI
"measurement propert*"[tiab]
Covers measurement properties.
- TextAI
"diagnostic accuracy"[tiab]
Accuracy of BMI and screening tools.
- TextAI
"screening tool*"[tiab]
Brief tools that could be used in primary care.
Measurement instrumentsOther
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- MeSH valid: D011795You
"Surveys and Questionnaires"[Mesh]
Added for the demo: studies must describe a measurement instrument.
- TextYou
questionnaire*[tiab]
Added for the demo: words that name an instrument, tool or score.
- TextYou
instrument*[tiab]
Added for the demo: words that name an instrument, tool or score.
- TextYou
tool[tiab]
Added for the demo: words that name an instrument, tool or score.
- TextYou
tools[tiab]
Added for the demo: words that name an instrument, tool or score.
- TextYou
checklist*[tiab]
Added for the demo: words that name an instrument, tool or score.
- TextYou
inventor*[tiab]
Added for the demo: words that name an instrument, tool or score.
- TextYou
index[tiab]
Added for the demo: words that name an instrument, tool or score.
- TextYou
score*[tiab]
Added for the demo: words that name an instrument, tool or score.
- TextYou
scale[tiab]
Added for the demo: words that name an instrument, tool or score.
- TextYou
recall*[tiab]
Added for the demo: words that name an instrument, tool or score.
- TextYou
survey*[tiab]
Added for the demo: words that name an instrument, tool or score.
- TextYou
measure[tiab]
Added for the demo: words that name an instrument, tool or score.
- TextYou
measures[tiab]
Added for the demo: words that name an instrument, tool or score.
Suggested MeSH entry terms (1, off)
- TextEntry term
"Randomized Response Technique"[tiab]
Narrower concept under the MeSH heading "Surveys and Questionnaires" (D011795)
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Each one is checked against MeSH publication types before it is added.
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- Editorial
- Letter
- Case Reports
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