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SynthesisPediatric research2021

Effects of physical activity interventions on cognitive performance of overweight or obese children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Xiaomin Sun, Yixuan Li, Li Cai, Youfa Wang

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Synthesis in Pediatric research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers, 8 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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34 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Xiaomin Sun *Global Health Institute, School of Public Health, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, 710061, Xi'an, China.
Yixuan Li *Global Health Institute, School of Public Health, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, 710061, Xi'an, China.
Li CaiDepartment of Maternal and Child Health, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Youfa WangGlobal Health Institute, School of Public Health, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, 710061, Xi'an, China. youfawang@gmail.com.

Funding

MULTILEVEL SYSTEMS-ORIENTED CHILDHOOD OBESITY STUDY IN CHINAU54HD070725 · NICHD · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI CURRIERO, FRANK · 2011 to 2016
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NICHD NIH HHS U54 HD070725
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPhysical activity (PA) and obesity were linked with poor cognition. Our study assessed PA interventions could improve domain-specific cognition among overweight/obese youth.

methodsSystematically searched PubMed to identify relevant studies published up to October 2019. Standardized mean differences (SMD) of pre-post intervention were calculated in meta-analysis. The level of study heterogeneity represented by I

resultsSeventeen studies met the inclusion criteria; eight were included in the meta-analysis. Meta-analysis revealed that PA interventions improved core executive functions (core-EFs) (SMD = 0.301; 95% CI = 0.002-0.600; I

conclusionsPA interventions can improve several domains of cognition, especially core-EFs and non-EFs, and the effects are affected by PA characteristics among overweight and obese youth. IMPACT: Our study is the first to quantify the effect of PA interventions on CP among overweight or obese children and adolescents. Physical activity interventions positively affect cognitive performance, especially core executive functions (core-EFs) and non-EFs. Physical activity interventions seem to not positively affect metacognition (higher-level EFs and cognitive life skills) and academic performance. Physical task characteristics could influence the effect of chronic exercise on cognitive performance. Short-term physical activity programs may be particularly beneficial to affect core-EFs.

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Adolescent BehaviorChild BehaviorCognitionExerciseExercise TherapyAcademic PerformanceAdiposityAdolescentAge FactorsChildExecutive FunctionFemaleHumansMaleMetacognitionPediatric Obesity

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PMID32388536

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