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Trial reportEuropean journal of pediatrics2011

Effect of a 6-month school-based physical activity program on body composition and physical fitness in lean and obese schoolchildren.

David Thivel, Laurie Isacco, Nordine Lazaar, Julien Aucouturier, Sébastien Ratel, Eric Doré, Martine Meyer, Pascale Duché

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Trial report in European journal of pediatrics, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 41 papers, 15 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

41 citing papers in PubMed, 15 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  2. Interventions to prevent obesity in children aged 5 to 11 years old.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024
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  8. Interventions for preventing obesity in children.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019
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  12. What childhood obesity prevention programmes work? A systematic review and meta-analysis.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2015
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

David ThivelLaboratory of Exercise Physiology, EA3533, Blaise Pascal University, Clermont University, Clermont-Ferrand, France. David.Thivel@univ-bpclermont.fr
Laurie Isacco
Nordine Lazaar
Julien Aucouturier
Sébastien Ratel
Eric Doré
Martine Meyer
Pascale Duché

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Few studies have investigated the impact of school-based physical activity interventions on anthropometric characteristics concomitantly with aerobic and anaerobic capacities in young children. The present study aimed to assess the effect of a 6-month physical activity program on body composition and physical fitness among primary schoolchildren. Four hundred fifty-seven children aged 6 to 10 years were randomly assigned to the intervention group (229 children) or observational group (228 children). Participants' height and weight were assessed, and obesity was determined using French reference curves for BMI. The sum of the four skinfolds and fat-free mass were determined. Ground tests were used to assess aerobic (20-m shuttle run test) and anaerobic (cycling peak power) fitness before and after a 6-month physical activity intervention. The anthropometric modifications obtained over the 6 months cannot be attributed to the intervention as the ANOVA revealed no group effect (intervention vs. group). However, anaerobic and aerobic fitness were significantly improved, thanks to the program in both lean and obese children. A 6-month school-based physical activity intervention in 6- to 10-year-old children did not yield positive anthropometric improvements, but appears effective in terms of aerobic and anaerobic physical fitness. Two physical activity sessions per week in addition to standard physical education classes in primary schoolchildren bring effective results for the prevention of childhood obesity.

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ExercisePhysical Education and TrainingAnaerobic ThresholdBody CompositionChildFemaleFranceHumansMaleObesityOverweightPhysical FitnessSchool Health Services

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PMID21475968

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