Trial reportThe international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity2014
Gender differences on effectiveness of a school-based physical activity intervention for reducing cardiometabolic risk: a cluster randomized trial.
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Effectiveness of a Leisure Time Physical Activity Intervention on the Overweight and the Obesity in Schoolchildren. The Cuenca's Study
Effects of Exercise Training as a Non-pharmacological Treatment for Metabolic Syndrome and Its Interactions With Subjects Habitual Medications.
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34 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 67 citations in OpenAlex.
- Interventions to prevent obesity in children aged 5 to 11 years old.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024Pooled it
- Effects of school-based physical activity interventions on physical fitness and cardiometabolic health in children and adolescents with disabilities: a systematic review.Frontiers in physiology · 2023Pooled it
- Effectiveness of Information and Communication Technology on Obesity in Childhood and Adolescence: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2021Pooled it
- School-based physical activity programs for promoting physical activity and fitness in children and adolescents aged 6 to 18.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
- Systematic Review of Setting-Based Interventions for Preventing Childhood Obesity.BioMed research international · 2021Pooled it
- Interventions for preventing obesity in children.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Pooled it
- High-Intensity Interval Training Interventions in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2017Pooled it
- Interventions to Promote Fundamental Movement Skills in Childcare and Kindergarten: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2017Pooled it
- Effect of the healthy school recognized campus initiative on metabolic syndrome among adolescents in texas: a pilot randomized factorial trial study.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2026Trial
- Sex as a moderator of body composition following a randomized controlled lifestyle intervention among Latino youth with obesity.Pediatric obesity · 2020Trial
- 'FIFA 11 for Health' for Europe. II: effect on health markers and physical fitness in Danish schoolchildren aged 10-12 years.British journal of sports medicine · 2016Trial
- Rationale and methods of a randomised cross-over cluster trial to assess the effectiveness of MOVI-KIDS on preventing obesity in pre-schoolers.BMC public health · 2015Trial
- Adolescents' Responses to High-Intensity Versus Standard Physical Education on Body Fat, Blood Pressure, and VOHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Exploring the associations between physical inactivity and cognitive function, mental health, and metabolic parameters in U.S. adolescents: results stratified by sex.BMC public health · 2025Article
- The effectiveness of school-based obesity prevention interventions on the health behaviours of children aged 6-18 years: A secondary data analysis of a systematic review.Preventive medicine reports · 2025Review
- Effects of two forms of school-based high-intensity interval training on body fat, blood pressure, and cardiorespiratory fitness in adolescents: randomized control trial with eight-week follow-up-the PEER-HEART study.Frontiers in physiology · 2025Article
- An examination of the predictors of change in BMI among 38 026 school students in Makkah, Saudi Arabia.International health · 2024Article
- Optimal domain-specific physical activity and sedentary behaviors for blood lipids among Japanese children: a compositional data analysis.Journal of activity, sedentary and sleep behaviors · 2023Article
- Promoting Health in Pediatric Obesity: A Decade's Research of Physical Activity's Influence on Cardiometabolic Parameters.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2023Review
- Interventions to prevent obesity in school-aged children 6-18 years: An update of a Cochrane systematic review and meta-analysis including studies from 2015-2021.EClinicalMedicine · 2022Article
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12 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundStudies that have examined the impact of a physical activity intervention on cardiometabolic risk factors have yielded conflicting results. The objective of this study was to assess the impact of a standardized physical activity program on adiposity and cardiometabolic risk factors in schoolchildren.
methodsCluster randomized trial study of 712 schoolchildren, 8-10 years, from 20 public schools in the Province of Cuenca, Spain. The intervention (MOVI-2) consisted of play-based and non-competitive activities. MOVI-2 was conducted during two 90-minute sessions on weekdays and one 150-minute session on Saturday mornings every week between September 2010 and May 2011. We measured changes in adiposity (overweight/obesity prevalence, body mass index [BMI], triceps skinfold thickness [TST], body fat %, fat-free mass, waist circumference) and other cardiometabolic risk factors (LDL-cholesterol, triglycerides/HDL-cholesterol ratio, insulin, C-reactive protein and blood pressure). The analyses used mixed regression models to adjust for baseline covariates under cluster randomization.
resultsAmong girls, we found a reduction of adiposity in intervention versus control schools, with a decrease in TST (-1.1 mm; 95% confidence interval [CI] -2.3 to -0.7), body fat % (-0.9%; 95% CI -1.3 to -0.4), waist circumference (-2.7 cm; 95% CI -4.5 to -0.9), and an increase in fat-free mass (0.3 kg; 95% CI 0.01 to 0.6). The intervention also led to lower serum LDL-cholesterol and insulin levels. Among boys, a reduction in waist circumference (-1.4 cm; 95% CI -2.6 to -0.1; P = 0.03), and an increase in fat-free mass (0.5 kg; 95% CI 0.2 to 0.9; P = 0.003) was associated with the intervention versus control schools. The prevalence of overweight/obesity or underweight, BMI, and other cardiometabolic risk factors was not modified by the intervention. No important adverse events were registered.
conclusionsAn extracurricular intervention of non-competitive physical activity during an academic year, targeting all schoolchildren regardless of body weight, is a safe and effective measure to reduce adiposity in both genders and to improve cardiometabolic risk profile in girls.
trial registrationClinical trials NCT01277224.
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