SynthesisBMC public health2025
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.
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- Combined exercise for body composition and cardiometabolic health in obese young people meta analysis.iScience · 2026Article
- Intersection of Pediatric Hypertension and Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic Disease.Current hypertension reports · 2026Review
- Enhancing Physical Literacy Domains Through the Spectrum of Teaching Styles in Recess-Based Active Breaks: A Single-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Adolescent sports participation and school adjustment: the chain-mediation roles of peer relationships and depressive symptoms.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
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Abstract
objectiveEvaluate the impact of exercise on the cardiorespiratory fitness of the children and adolescents with overweight or obesity, and explore possible influencing factors. STUDY
designThis meta-analysis adhered to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines and included randomized controlled trials (RCTs) published between January 2005 and January 2025. Data were retrieved from PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, CNKI, WanFang, and other databases. The included studies evaluated the effects of exercise on six cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) indicators.
resultsA total of 72 eligible RCTs with 5,320 children and adolescents with overweight or obesity were included (The mean age and BMI of participants were 12.93 ± 2.47 years and 28.08 ± 4.74 kg/m², respectively). Compared to the control group, exercise was associated with improvements in Body Mass Index(MD:-1.14[-1.57,-0.71] kg/m CONCLUSION AND RELEVATION: This study demonstrates that exercise is an effective tool for improving low CRF caused by overweight and obesity in children and adolescents. Exercise programs with a duration of ≤ 12 weeks, a frequency of ≥ 3 sessions per week, and a session length of ≤ 60 min were associated with greater improvements in CRF. Combined exercise or moderate-to-high-intensity interval training can achieve superior improvements compared with conventional exercise programs. In addition, stricter supervision plans are necessary during exercise.
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