Efectos de un programa de actividad física extracurricular en niños de primer ciclo de ESO con sobrepeso y obesidad
Year: 2012
Type: article
Study design: Clinical Trial
Abstract: Obesity and its impact are increasingly obvious in Spanish society. Thus, the purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of an extracurricular intervention of physical and sports activities in order to improve students' body composition and fitness level between two groups of adolescences with overweight or obesity for a six-month period. Moreover, a comparison based on gender was also targeted in this intervention. The sample consisted of 38 students, seventeen boys and twenty-one girls, with BMI above the 85th percentile. Several fitness tests and anthropometric measurements were performed. The results showed significant improvements in the experimental group regarding their physical condition and body fat percentage compared to the control group who did not show any significant achievements. According to the comparison based on gender, within the experimental group, girls achieved more significant results both in their physical fitness and in their body fat percentage.
Authors: Juan Carlos Pastor Vicedo, Pedro Gil Madrona, Miguel Tortosa Martínez, Jesús Martínez-Martínez
Institution: University of Castilla-La Mancha
Language: Spanish
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1571188748