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Effect of four additional physical education lessons on body composition in children aged 8-13 years: A prospective study during two school years
- Source :
- BMC Pediatrics, BMC Pediatrics, 13:170. BioMed Central, Klakk, H, Chin A Paw, M J M, Heidemann, M, Andersen, L B & Wedderkopp, N 2013, ' Effect of four additional physical education lessons on body composition in children aged 8-13 years-a prospective study during two school years ', BMC Pediatrics, vol. 13, 170 . https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2431-13-170, Klakk, H, Chinapaw, M, Heidemann, M, Andersen, L B & Wedderkopp, N 2013, ' Effect of four additional physical education lessons on body composition in children aged 8-13 years-a prospective study during two school years ', B M C Pediatrics, vol. 13, 170 . https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2431-13-170
- Publication Year :
- 2013
- Publisher :
- BioMedCentral, 2013.
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Abstract
- Background: Strategies for combating increasing childhood obesity is called for. School settings have been pointed out as potentially effective settings for prevention. The objective of this paper was to evaluate the effect of four additional Physical Education (PE) lessons/week in primary schools on body composition and weight status in children aged 8–13. Methods: Children attending 2nd to 4th grade (n = 632) in 10 public schools, 6 intervention and 4 control schools, participated in this longitudinal study during 2 school years. Outcome measures: Primary: Body Mass Index (BMI) and Total Body Fat percentage (TBF%) derived from Dual Energy X ray Absorptiometry (DXA). Secondary: the moderating effect of overweight/obesity (OW/OB) and adiposity based on TBF% cut offs for gender. Results: Intervention effect on BMI and TBF% (BMI: β -0.14, 95% CI: -0.33; 0.04, TBF%: β -0.08, 95% CI:-0.65;0.49) was shown insignificant. However, we found significant beneficial intervention effect on prevalence of OW/OB based on BMI (OR 0.29, 95% CI: 0.11;0.72). The intervention effect on adiposity based on TBF% cut offs was borderline significant (OR 0.64, 95% CI:0. 39; 1.05). Conclusion: Four additional PE lessons/week at school can significantly improve the prevalence of OW/OB in primary schoolchildren. Mean BMI and TBF% improved in intervention schools, but the difference with controls was not significant. The intervention had a larger effect in children who were OW/OB or adipose at baseline.
- Subjects :
- Gerontology
Male
Longitudinal study
Denmark
Physical education
Body Mass Index
Medicine
Physical Education and Training/organization & administration
Prospective Studies
Prospective cohort study
Child
Children
Adiposity
DXA
Physical Education and Training
Schools
School-based intervention
longitudinal study
Schools/organization & administration
total body fat percentage
Body Composition
Female
Obesity prevention
Curriculum
Research Article
Adolescent
education
Health Promotion
school-based intervention
Childhood obesity
Total body fat percentage
BMI
children
Humans
Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
Obesity
Exercise
obesity prevention
business.industry
Puberty
Obesity/epidemiology
medicine.disease
Denmark/epidemiology
Health Promotion/organization & administration
Health promotion
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
business
Body mass index
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14712431
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- BMC Pediatrics, BMC Pediatrics, 13:170. BioMed Central, Klakk, H, Chin A Paw, M J M, Heidemann, M, Andersen, L B & Wedderkopp, N 2013, ' Effect of four additional physical education lessons on body composition in children aged 8-13 years-a prospective study during two school years ', BMC Pediatrics, vol. 13, 170 . https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2431-13-170, Klakk, H, Chinapaw, M, Heidemann, M, Andersen, L B & Wedderkopp, N 2013, ' Effect of four additional physical education lessons on body composition in children aged 8-13 years-a prospective study during two school years ', B M C Pediatrics, vol. 13, 170 . https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2431-13-170
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....3b012dead2b67f78fa71906cd9fa0470