Beyond the “I” in the Obesity Epidemic: A Review of Social Relational and Network Interventions on Obesity

Table 2

Descriptive overview of intervention studies found pertaining to social relational constructs and obesity.

Social relational construct	𝑁=30
Social support	20
Social cohesion	2
Social network	6
Social trust	—
Collective efficacy	—
Social capital	—
Multiple social relational constructs
Social support-social cohesion	1
Social support-social capital	1
Social ecological level targeted	𝑁=30
Single level target
Individual	19
Interpersonal environment	—
Organizational environment	—
Community	—
Political environment	—
Multiple level target
Individual-interpersonal	7
Individual-organizational	3
Interpersonal-organizational	—
Individual-interpersonal-organizational	1
Theory or model	𝑁=30
Health belief model	0 (+1)
Stages of change (transtheoretical model)	3 (+1)
Social learning theory (social cognitive theory)	5 (+2)
Theory of planned behaviour	2
Social support theory	2 (+2)
Social comparison/influence/modeling theory	1 (+3)
Ecological approaches (CBPR, SEM)	3
Multiple theories, models, or approaches	5
No reference to theoretical rationale	9
Conceptual role of social relational construct	𝑁=30
Intervention channel	16
Ancillary resource	12
Intervention target	2

+ in theory section indicates the addition of partial references of multiple theories. SEM: social ecological model; CBPR: community-based participatory research.