CRD summary This review concluded that analyses provided clear support for inclusion of self-monitoring of behaviour in addition to other techniques in behaviour change interventions to promote physical activity and healthy eating in adults. A lack of details on study quality and other methodological concerns in the review methods mean that the authors' conclusions may be not reliable. Authors' objectives To assess the effectiveness of behaviour change interventions to promote physical activity

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... and healthy eating in adult participants. Searching MEDLINE, EMBASE, PsycINFO, Allied and Complementary Medicine Database, Health Management Information Consortium, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL) and HTA database were searched for peerreviewed published English-language studies from 1990 to 2008. Search terms were not reported. Experts were contacted for additional studies. Practice: The authors did not state any implications for practice. Research: The authors stated that a larger set of intervention studies was required to evaluate the impact of inclusion of self-monitoring in combination with other self-regulation behaviour change techniques to promote healthy eating and physical activity in adults.