ArticleNutrients2020
Improving the Metabolic and Mental Health of Children with Obesity: A School-Based Nutrition Education and Physical Activity Intervention in Wuhan, China.
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- Does physical activity really improve anxiety and depression in overweight or obese children and adolescents? A systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC psychiatry · 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
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- A systematic review of the effect of dietary and nutritional interventions on the behaviours and mental health of prisoners.The British journal of nutrition · 2024Pooled it
- Family sports interventions for the treatment of obesity in childhood: a meta-analysis.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2022Pooled 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
- Physical Activity as a Treatment for Social Anxiety in Clinical and Non-clinical Populations: A Systematic Review and Three Meta-Analyses for Different Study Designs.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2021Pooled it
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- Secular trends in society-, school-, and individual-level factors related to physical activity and their associations with elevated blood pressure among 0.6 million children and adolescents.Chinese medical journal · 2026Article
- Latent profile analysis of adolescents' active health behaviors and the predictive factors.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Integrating plan-do-check-act (pdca)-based closed-loop management into lifestyle intervention for pediatric primary obesity.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2026Article
- Maximal fat oxidation training improves mental health in children with obesity: a 2-month randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in sports and active living · 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
- "Pilot intervention study: food and nutrition education and psychoeducation among elementary school students in grades 4 to 6".Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2025Article
- Association Between Exercise Behavior Stages and Obesity Transition in Children and Adolescents: A Nationwide Follow-Up Study.Nutrients · 2025Article
- Impact of exercise on cardiovascular disease risk in overweight or obese children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2025Article
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- Does the healthy plate model workshop improve nutrition knowledge, behaviors, and habits in school-age children? The impact of workshop on dietary habits : Original article.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Profiling the Gut Microbiota in Obese Children with Formula Feeding in Early Life and Selecting Strains against Obesity.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Personalizing Nutrition Strategies: Bridging Research and Public Health.Journal of personalized medicine · 2024Review
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Abstract
This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of a school-based nutrition education and physical activity intervention on cardiovascular risk profile and mental health outcomes among Chinese children with obesity. Two primary schools were randomly allocated to the control group (CG) and the intervention group (IG). We selected children with obesity from 1340 students in the third and fourth grades as participants. The IG received 8 months of nutrition education and physical activity intervention, while the CG was waitlisted. A generalized estimating equation model was applied to assess repeated variables over time. A total of 171 children with obesity (99 IG and 72 CG) aged 9.8 ± 0.7 years completed the post-intervention stage. Compared with baseline, significant reductions were observed within the IG for depression and fasting plasma glucose at post-intervention. After adjusting for confounders, group and time interaction effects showed that the IG achieved improvements in the risk of poor well-being (
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