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Trial reportPreventive medicine2011

Fitness, fatness, cognition, behavior, and academic achievement among overweight children: do cross-sectional associations correspond to exercise trial outcomes?

Catherine L Davis, Stephanie Cooper

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Preventive medicine, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 67 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

67 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Effects of school-based physical activity on mathematics performance in children: a systematic review.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2019
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Catherine L DavisGeorgia Prevention Institute, Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Georgia, Georgia Health Sciences University, 1499 Walton Way, HS1711, Augusta, GA 30912, USA. cadavis@georgiahealth.edu
Stephanie Cooper

Funding

Exercise Dose and Insulin Sensitivity in Obese ChildrenR01DK060692 · NIDDK · MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA (MCG) · PI DAVIS, CATHERINE LUCY · 2003 to 2006
$2.2M
Exercise &Overweight Children's Cognition &AchievementR01DK070922 · NIDDK · MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA (MCG) · PI DAVIS, CATHERINE LUCY · 2005 to 2006
$459k
NIDDK NIH HHS DK70922NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK060692NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK070922NIDDK NIH HHS R01S DK60692
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThis study examined associations of fitness and fatness with cognitive processes, academic achievement, and behavior, independent of demographic factors, at the baseline of an exercise trial.

methodsOverweight, sedentary but otherwise healthy 7-11 year olds (N=170) participated in a study of health, cognition and achievement in the Augusta, GA area from 2003-2006. Children underwent evaluations of fatness and fitness, psychological assessments of cognition and academic achievement, and behavior ratings by parents and teachers. Partial correlations examined associations of fitness and fatness with cognitive and achievement scores and behavior ratings, controlling for demographic factors.

resultsFitness was associated with better cognition, achievement and behavior, and fatness with worse scores. Specifically, executive function, mathematics and reading achievement, and parent ratings of child behavior were related to fitness and fatness. Teacher ratings were related to fitness.

conclusionThese results extend prior studies by providing reliable, standardized measures of cognitive processes, achievement, and behavior in relation to detailed measures of fitness and fatness. However, cross-sectional associations do not necessarily indicate that improving one factor, such as fatness or fitness, will result in improvements in factors that were associated with it. Thus, randomized clinical trials are necessary to determine the effects of interventions.

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Educational StatusAdipose TissueAnthropometryBody Mass IndexChildChild BehaviorCognitionCross-Sectional StudiesExerciseFemaleGeorgiaHumansMaleOverweightPhysical FitnessRegression Analysis

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PMID21281668
PMCPMC3164323

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