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Aerobic Exercise and Snoring in Overweight Children: A Randomized Controlled Trial*
- Source :
- Scopus-Elsevier
- Publication Year :
- 2006
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 2006.
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Abstract
- Objective: To determine whether regular aerobic exercise improves symptoms of sleep-disordered breathing in overweight children, as has been shown in adults. Research Methods and Procedures: Healthy but overweight (BMI ≥85th percentile) 7- to 11-year-old children were recruited from public schools for a randomized controlled trial of exercise effects on diabetes risk. One hundred children (53% black, 41% male) were randomly assigned to a control group (n = 27), a low-dose exercise group (n = 36), or a high-dose exercise group (n = 37). Exercise groups underwent a 13 ± 1.5 week after-school program that provided 20 or 40 minutes per day of aerobic exercise (average heart rate = 164 beats per minute). Group changes were compared on BMI z-score and four Pediatric Sleep Questionnaire scales: Snoring, Sleepiness, Behavior, and a summary scale, Sleep-Related Breathing Disorders. Analyses were adjusted for age. Results: Both the high-dose and low-dose exercise groups improved more than the control group on the Snoring scale. The high-dose exercise group improved more than the low-dose exercise and control groups on the summary scale. No group differences were found for changes on Sleepiness, Behavior, or BMI z-score. At baseline, 25% screened positive for sleep-disordered breathing; half improved to a negative screen after intervention. Discussion: Regular vigorous exercise can improve snoring, a symptom of sleep-disordered breathing, in overweight children. Aerobic exercise programs may be valuable for prevention and treatment of sleep-disordered breathing in overweight children.
- Subjects :
- Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Medicine (miscellaneous)
Child Behavior Disorders
Overweight
Article
Body Mass Index
law.invention
Sleep Apnea Syndromes
Endocrinology
Randomized controlled trial
Risk Factors
law
Heart rate
Prevalence
Humans
Medicine
Aerobic exercise
Obesity
Exercise physiology
Child
Exercise
Nutrition and Dietetics
business.industry
Snoring
medicine.disease
Treatment Outcome
Breathing
Physical therapy
Female
medicine.symptom
business
Body mass index
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 1930739X and 19307381
- Volume :
- 14
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Obesity
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....6b16e4f250a3d78aa8aff8a44a7db22d