Juvenile Obesity

Bar‐Or, Oded

doi:10.1001/archpedi.159.10.996

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“…Effective interventions to improve PA among youth would help prevent non-communicable diseases [3]. Increasing attention has been given to the "gender gap" in PA: on average, girls engage in less PA than boys [4].…”

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Effectiveness of the Let’s Move It multilevel vocational school-based intervention on physical activity and sedentary behavior: A cluster randomized trial

Hankonen,

Haukkala,

Palsola

et al. 2023

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Background: Physical activity (PA) declines in late adolescence, particularly among those with low education. Few trials have tested interventions to decrease sedentary behaviour (SB). No school-based interventions have shown lasting effects on PA or sedentary behaviour (SB) among older adolescents. Purpose: To examine whether the multi-component Let’s Move It intervention has an effect on behavioural and clinical outcomes among adolescents after two and 14 months.Methods: A cluster randomised trial in six school units in vocational education in Finland (N=1112) (mean age 18.5 years, range 15-46). The intervention targeted in-class activity opportunities, and students’ motivation and self-regulation. Valid (≥4 days, ≥10 hours/d) accelerometer data was obtained from 741 students at baseline, 521 (70.3%) at 2 months, and 406 (54.8%) at 14 months.Results: No evidence of a significant intervention effect on three co-primary outcomes was found. The intervention arm reduced their total daily SB time by 32 minutes (95% CI -43.2 to -20.8) on weekdays, compared with the control arm’s reduction of 8.6 (95% CI -19.5 to 2.3) and engaged in more accelerometer-measured light PA during school time. Few differences were found in secondary outcomes. Fidelity of delivery was relatively good.Conclusions: Low-dose school-based interventions might not provide sufficient intensity to affect leisure-time activity. Despite a positive outcome on school-time light PA, more comprehensive or intensive environmental changes may be needed to meaningfully improve older adolescents’ total activity.

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Effectiveness of the Let’s Move It multilevel vocational school-based intervention on physical activity and sedentary behavior: A cluster randomized trial

Hankonen,

Haukkala,

Palsola

et al. 2023

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The impact of Wii Fit intervention on dynamic balance control in children with probable Developmental Coordination Disorder and balance problems

Jelsma

Geuze

Mombarg³

et al. 2014

Human Movement Science

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Effect of physical activity intervention on body composition in young children: influence of body mass index status and gender

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Aim: To fight overweight and obesity in childhood, this study proposes an additional physical activity (PA) in young children aged 6-10 years. The objective was to evaluate the effect of school-based PA on the body composition according to body mass index (BMI) categories (nonobese vs. obese) and gender.Methods: This 6-month study examined the effect of this intervention on body composition in 425 children in 14 primary schools (2 weekly PA sessions of 1 h each) compared to 5 control schools.Adiposity indices were evaluated or calculated: BMI, BMI z-score, waist circumference, sum of skinfolds and fat-free mass.Results: No difference in the prevalence of obesity and anthropometric characteristics was found between the intervention and control groups at baseline. In girls, PA intervention had significant effect on all anthropometric variables (p < 0.05 to p < 0.001), except on BMI. In contrast, in boys only BMI z-score (p < 0.001) and fat-free mass (p < 0.001) were affected.Conclusions: Six months of preventive PA intervention offer an effective means to improve body composition in obese children. The pattern of response related to PA was similar between girls and boys. In contrast, the pattern was different according to BMI category, with a higher response in obese than nonobese children.

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Juvenile Obesity

Cited by 4 publications

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Effectiveness of the Let’s Move It multilevel vocational school-based intervention on physical activity and sedentary behavior: A cluster randomized trial

Effectiveness of the Let’s Move It multilevel vocational school-based intervention on physical activity and sedentary behavior: A cluster randomized trial

The impact of Wii Fit intervention on dynamic balance control in children with probable Developmental Coordination Disorder and balance problems

Effect of physical activity intervention on body composition in young children: influence of body mass index status and gender

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