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Trial reportPediatric obesity2021

The differential relationship of an afterschool physical activity intervention on brain function and cognition in children with obesity and their normal weight peers.

Nicole E Logan, Lauren B Raine, Eric S Drollette, Darla M Castelli, Naiman A Khan, Arthur F Kramer, Charles H Hillman

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Pediatric obesity, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

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18 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 36 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Nicole E LoganNortheastern University, Department of Psychology, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4016-2146
Lauren B RaineNortheastern University, Department of Psychology, Boston, MA, USA.
Eric S DrolletteUniversity of North Carolina at Greensboro, Department of Kinesiology, Greensboro, North Carolina, USA.
Darla M CastelliUniversity of Texas at Austin, Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, Austin, Texas, USA.
Naiman A KhanUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Kinesiology and Community Health, Urbana, Illinois, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6135-9389
Arthur F KramerNortheastern University, Department of Psychology, Boston, MA, USA.
Charles H HillmanNortheastern University, Department of Psychology, Boston, MA, USA.
Northeastern University · USTexas Health and Science University · USUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign · USUniversity of North Carolina at Greensboro · US

Funding

Enhancing Child Cognitive and Brain Health through Physical Activity TrainingR01HD069381 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN · PI MCAULEY, EDWARD · 2012 to 2016
$3.0M
ERPs to Academics: Exercise Effects on Cognition in School-Aged ChildrenR01HD055352 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN · PI HILLMAN, CHARLES H · 2008 to 2011
$1.3M
NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD055352NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD069381
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPhysical activity (PA) is beneficial for cognitive and brain health during preadolescence. Given that childhood obesity (OB) is a public health concern, investigating this effect in children with OB is an important societal consideration.

objectivesTo identify the effects of weight status and PA on neuroelectric indices of executive function in preadolescence.

methodsChildren were randomly assigned to a PA intervention or a wait-list control group and completed a task that manipulated inhibitory control, while task performance and neuroelectric (P3 component) outcomes were assessed. About 103 children with OB were matched to a sample of 103 normal weight (NW) children based on treatment allocation and demographic variables.

resultsChildren with OB in the control group demonstrated reduced P3 amplitude from pre- to post-test, meanwhile those with OB in the PA intervention maintained P3 amplitude at post-test compared to pre-test. Additionally, NW children in the PA intervention group showed that decreased visceral adipose tissue corresponded with faster task performance, a relationship not observed in children with OB.

conclusionsThese results suggest that a 9-month PA intervention may be particularly beneficial to the cognitive and brain health of children with OB. These results are important to consider given the public health concerns associated with childhood OB.

Indexed as

CognitionExecutive FunctionCase-Control StudiesChildElectroencephalographyExerciseExercise TherapyFemaleHealth PromotionHumansMalePediatric ObesityProspective StudiesSingle-Blind MethodTreatment Outcomebrain functioncognitive functionobesityphysical activity

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PMID33249759
PMCPMC13633741
OpenAlexW3068379155

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