Trial reportBMC public health2014
Effectiveness of a school-based physical activity intervention on obesity in school children: a nonrandomized controlled trial.
Trial report in BMC public health, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02074332 (Development and Application of Appropriate Technology for Obesity Prevention and Control -- Study on Personalized Aerobic and Appropriate Exercise Technology), which is not on this map. Cited by 45 papers, 8 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Development and Application of Appropriate Technology for Obesity Prevention and Control -- Study on Personalized Aerobic and Appropriate Exercise Technology
Who cites it
45 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 83 citations in OpenAlex.
- School-based health and nutrition interventions addressing double burden of malnutrition and educational outcomes of adolescents in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review.Maternal & child nutrition · 2025Pooled 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
- Strategies for enhancing the implementation of school-based policies or practices targeting diet, physical activity, obesity, tobacco or alcohol use.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2022Pooled it
- Effect of interventions based on regular physical activity on weight management in adolescents: a systematic review and a meta-analysis.Systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
- School-Based Intervention Programs for Preventing Obesity and Promoting Physical Activity and Fitness: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Pooled it
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- Strategies for enhancing the implementation of school-based policies or practices targeting risk factors for chronic disease.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017Pooled it
- Systematic review and meta-analysis of school-based obesity interventions in mainland China.PloS one · 2017Pooled it
- Effects of a physical activity intervention on schoolchildren fitness.Physiological reports · 2022Trial
- Iranian children with overweight and obesity: an internet-based interventional study.BMC pediatrics · 2021Trial
- Effect of a Multidimensional Physical Activity Intervention on Body Mass Index, Skinfolds and Fitness in South African Children: Results from a Cluster-Randomised Controlled Trial.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Trial
- Prevalence of high blood pressure subtypes and its associations with BMI in Chinese children: a national cross-sectional survey.BMC public health · 2017Trial
- Effectiveness of a school-based obesity control program among adolescents in Makkah: A pretest-posttest intervention study.Journal of Taibah University Medical Sciences · 2026Article
- Effectiveness of school-based intervention in obese children.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2026Article
- Physical activity interventions among children and adolescents in China: a scoping review through an equity lens.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2025Review
- A Combined Physical Activity and Multi-Micronutrient Supplementation Intervention in South African Primary Schools: Effects on Physical Activity, Fitness, and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Strategies for preventing and controlling overweight and obesity among high school students in Kiribati.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- Effectiveness of a school-based physical activity intervention on overweight and obesity among children and adolescents in Pakistan.PloS one · 2025Article
- Association of sleep duration with overweight and obesity among school-aged children and adolescents in Pakistan-An empirical cross-sectional study.Journal of education and health promotion · 2025Article
- Associations of School-Level Factors and School Sport Facility Parameters with Overweight and Obesity among Children and Adolescents in Pakistan: An Empirical Cross-Sectional Study.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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8 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundChildhood obesity has been a serious public health problem. An effective school-based physical activity (PA) intervention is still lacking in China. This study aimed to assess the effectiveness of a school-based physical activity intervention during 12 weeks on obesity and related health outcomes in school children.
methodsIt was a non-randomized controlled trial. Altogether 921 children aged 7 to 15 years were recruited at baseline survey. Children in the intervention group (n = 388) participated in a multi-component physical activity intervention during 12 weeks that included improvement of physical education, extracurricular physical activities for overweight/obese students, physical activities at home, and health education lectures for students and parents. Children (n = 533) in the control group participated in usual practice.
resultsParticipants had mean age of 10.4 years, mean body mass index (BMI) of 19.59 kg/m2, and 36.8 % of them were overweight or obese at baseline survey. The change in BMI in intervention group (-0.02 ± 0.06 kg/m2) was significantly different from that in control group (0.41 ± 0.08 kg/m2). The adjusted mean difference was -0.43 kg/m2 (95% CI: -0.63 to -0.23 kg/m2, P < 0.001). The effects on triceps, subscapular, abdominal skinfold thickness and fasting glucose were also significant in intervention group compared with control group (all P < 0.05). The change in duration of moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) in intervention group (8.9 ± 4.3 min/day) was significantly different from that in control group (-13.8 ± 3.3 min/day). The adjusted mean difference was 22.7 min/day (95% CI: 12.2 to 33.2 min/day, P < 0.001).
conclusionsThe school-based, multi-component physical activity intervention was effective to decreasing levels of BMI, skinfold thickness, fasting glucose and increasing duration of MVPA. These findings provided evidence for the development of effective and feasible school-based obesity interventions.
trial registrationClinicaltrials.gov Identifier: NCT02074332 (2014-02-26).
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