The effects of hypothetical behavioral interventions on the 13-year incidence of overweight/obesity in children and adolescents

Abstract Background In view of the high burden of childhood overweight/obesity (OW/OB), it is important to identify targets for interventions that may have the greatest effects on preventing OW/OB in early life. Using methods of causal inference, we studied the effects of sustained behavioral interventions on the long-term risk of developing OW/OB based on a large European cohort. Methods Our sample comprised 10 877 children aged 2 to