@article{b6ac837f08fd484fa20c39ce68a6c737,
title = "Parental involvement in exercise and diet interventions for childhood cancer survivors: A systematic review",
abstract = "Childhood cancer survivors (CCS) are at risk of becoming overweight or obese due to treatment effects and/or post-treatment behaviors. Parents are key agents influencing child diet and physical activity (PA), which are modifiable risk factors for obesity. A systematic literature review following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines was undertaken to evaluate current interventions that include diet and PA elements for CCS to determine if and to what extent parents were included, and whether parent involvement had a significant effect on behavioral outcomes or adiposity. A total of 2,386 potential articles were reviewed and 25 individual studies fulfilled inclusion criteria. Parental involvement was classified into three categories and varied across studies, although most had indirect or no parental involvement. The studies that included direct parental involvement showed positive outcomes on a variety of measures suggesting that increasing parental involvement in interventions for CCS may be one way to promote long-term lifestyle changes for pediatric cancer patients. However, additional research directly addressing parental involvement in obesity prevention and treatment among CCS is warranted.",
author = "Margaret Raber and Swartz, {Maria C.} and {Santa Maria}, Diane and Teresia O'Connor and Tom Baranowski and Rhea Li and Joya Chandra",
note = "Funding Information: This research was supported by the University of Texas MD Anderson Children's Cancer Hospital ON (Optimizing Nutrition) to Life Program in the form of funding from the Gerber Foundation to J.C., a grant from the Children's Art Project to J.C., support from the Annual Santa's Elves Fundraiser held by the M.D. Anderson Advance Team, and philanthropic donations from Mr. David Herr and family, and from the Archer Foundation (San Angelo, Texas). Support from the National Institutes of Health through The University of Texas MD Anderson's Cancer Center Support Grant (CA 016672) is gratefully acknowledged. This research was made possible in part by institutional support from the US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service (Cooperative Agreement 58-6250-0-008). M.C.S. was supported by the National Cancer Institute grant R25T (CA057730), Shine Chang, Ph.D., Principal Investigator; the Center for Energy Balance in Cancer Prevention and Survivorship, Duncan Family Institute. M.C.S. is currently being supported by the Comparative Effectiveness Research on Cancer in Texas from the Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas (RP140020). The content is solely the responsibility of the author and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health or the Department of Agriculture. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} Copyright 2016 International Pediatric Research Foundation, Inc.",
year = "2016",
month = sep,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1038/pr.2016.84",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "80",
pages = "338--346",
journal = "Pediatric Research",
issn = "0031-3998",
publisher = "Lippincott Williams and Wilkins",
number = "3",
}