Generating evidence of reduced rates of overweight/obesity in children: value adding to four established Australasian early intervention trials

儿童肥胖是一个主要的健康问题。目前正在进行试验，以确定在婴儿年幼时帮助家庭是否会降低超重儿童的比例。我们将联合收割机从这些试验（1800多名儿童）的数据，看看如果程序的工作。为了获得最大限度的信息，我们需要联合收割机将每个试验中每个患者的原始数据逐行合并。这被称为个体患者数据荟萃分析。这是为重要的健康问题找到可靠答案的最佳方法。

Childhood obesity is a major health problem. Trials are now being done to see whether helping families when their baby is young will reduce the rate of overweight children. We will combine data from these trials (1800+ children) to see if the programs work. To get maximum information we need to combine the line-by-line raw data from each patient in each trial. This is called an individual patient data meta-analysis. It is the best method for finding reliable answers to important health issues.