Trial reportSports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.)2018
Effect of High-Intensity Interval Training on Fitness, Fat Mass and Cardiometabolic Biomarkers in Children with Obesity: A Randomised Controlled Trial.
Trial report in Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01991106 (A Multi-centre Randomized Controlled Trial Examining the Effects of High Intensity Interval Training on Cardio-metabolic Outcomes in Obese Children and Adolescents), which is not on this map. Cited by 74 papers, 24 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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A Multi-centre Randomized Controlled Trial Examining the Effects of High Intensity Interval Training on Cardio-metabolic Outcomes in Obese Children and Adolescents
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74 citing papers in PubMed, 24 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 147 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effects and Dose-Response Relationship of High-Intensity Interval Training on Cardiometabolic Risk in Individuals With Overweight and Obesity: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2026Pooled it
- Exercise training modalities for cardiorespiratory fitness and blood pressure in children and adolescents with obesity: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2026Pooled it
- Effects of high-intensity interval training on cardiorespiratory fitness in adolescents with overweight or obesity: a systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis.Frontiers in physiology · 2026Pooled it
- Effects of exercise on cardiorespiratory fitness in children and adolescents with overweight and obesity: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 72 randomized controlled trials.BMC public health · 2025Pooled it
- Effects of aerobic exercise on body composition in children and adolescents with overweight and obesity: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.BMC public health · 2025Pooled it
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- Optimal exercise intensity for improving executive function in patients with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: systematic review and network meta-analysis.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
- The effect of sprint interval training on key cardiometabolic risk factors in children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in physiology · 2025Pooled it
- Comparative effects of high-intensity interval training versus moderate-intensity continuous training on body composition and blood pressure in overweight adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Frontiers in physiology · 2025Pooled it
- Time-efficient and beneficial strategy: low-volume high-intensity interval training for cardiometabolic health and body composition outcomes in children and adolescents with overweight or obesity-a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in physiology · 2025Pooled it
- The effect of high-intensity interval training on health-related outcomes in obese adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in physiology · 2025Pooled it
- The Effects of High-Intensity Interval Training on Cardiometabolic Health in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of sports science & medicine · 2024Pooled it
- Effects of different types of exercise intensity on improving health-related physical fitness in children and adolescents: a systematic review.Scientific reports · 2024Pooled it
- Effect of high-intensity interval training on cardiorespiratory in children and adolescents with overweight or obesity: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Frontiers in public health · 2024Pooled it
- Physical activity interventions for cardiopulmonary fitness in obese children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC pediatrics · 2023Pooled it
- Effect of High-Intensity Interval Training vs. Moderate-Intensity Continuous Training on Fat Loss and Cardiorespiratory Fitness in the Young and Middle-Aged a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Pooled it
- Effects of different exercise modalities and intensities on body composition in overweight and obese children and adolescents: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.Frontiers in physiology · 2023Pooled it
- The effects of exercise training on insulin resistance in children and adolescents with overweight or obesity: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2023Pooled it
- Effects of different exercise types on visceral fat in young individuals with obesity aged 6-24 years old: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in physiology · 2022Pooled it
- A Meta-Analysis of High-Intensity Interval Training on Glycolipid Metabolism in Children With Metabolic Disorders.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2022Pooled it
14 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
backgroundPaediatric obesity significantly increases the risk of developing cardiometabolic diseases across the lifespan. Increasing cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) could mitigate this risk. High-intensity interval training (HIIT) improves CRF in clinical adult populations but the evidence in paediatric obesity is inconsistent.
objectivesThe objectives of this study were to determine the efficacy of a 12-week, HIIT intervention for increasing CRF and reducing adiposity in children with obesity.
methodsChildren with obesity (n = 99, 7-16 years old) were randomised into a 12-week intervention as follows: (1) HIIT [n = 33, 4 × 4-min bouts at 85-95% maximum heart rate (HR
resultsHIIT stimulated significant increases in relative [Formula: see text] compared with MICT (+3.6 mL/kg/min, 95% CI 1.1-6.0, P = 0.004) and the nutrition intervention (+5.4 mL/kg/min, 95% CI 2.9-7.9, P = 0.001). However, the intervention had no significant effect on visceral and subcutaneous adipose tissue, whole body composition or cardiometabolic biomarkers (P > 0.05).
conclusionA 12-week, HIIT intervention was highly effective in increasing cardiorespiratory fitness when compared with MICT and nutrition interventions. While there were no concomitant reductions in adiposity or blood biomarkers, the cardiometabolic health benefit conferred through increased CRF should be noted. CLINICAL TRIALS REGISTRATION NUMBER: Clinicaltrials.gov; NCT01991106.
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