SynthesisNutrients2021
The Effects of Football Practice on Nutritional Status and Body Composition in Children: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Synthesis in Nutrients, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 12 citations in OpenAlex.
- Intervention Effects of Recreational Football on Obesity-Related Health Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of sports science & medicine · 2026Pooled it
- The Social Construction of the Child's Body and Its Relationship with Football Practice.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Changes in Body Composition and Body Image Perception in Adolescent Soccer Players Examined with Repeated Measurements During Pre-Season and In-Season Training.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2025Article
- Lower limb injuries and their association with anthropometrics - an observational study of 381 German elite youth football players.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2025Article
- Severe Injuries of Former Portuguese Football Players: A Post-Career Burden?Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Inflammation and Physical Performance in Overweight and Obese Schoolchildren.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Sports and Weight Control in Children.Cureus · 2024Review
- Changes in Estimated Body Composition and Physical Fitness of Adolescent Boys after One Year of Soccer Training.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Biomechanical Analysis and Training Method Research on Head Shot Strength of Football Players.Journal of healthcare engineering · 2022Article
- Body Composition Assessment and Mediterranean Diet Adherence in U12 Spanish Male Professional Soccer Players: Cross-Sectional Study.Nutrients · 2021Article
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8 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Dietary patterns, exercise, sport, and physical activity have been shown to improve body composition in children. This systematic review with meta-analysis analyzed the effects of practicing football on body composition (fat mass, lean body mass, and bone mineral content) in children. An initial search in PubMed, Web of Science, and SPORTDiscus was carried out in April 2021 to identify relevant articles. Inclusion criteria required children up to 12 years of age with a minimum football intervention duration of 10 weeks. Methodological quality of the articles was evaluated using the PEDro scale. Between the 1803 articles originally founded, only 14 articles were included in the meta-analysis. A total of 1643 subjects between the 14 studies were identified. The review and meta-analysis were conducted according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines and used Review Manager and Full Meta-Analysis software. The results between the control and experimental groups showed significantly better lean body mass and fat mass values in the experimental group (
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