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Effect of physical exercise on bodyweight in overweight children: a randomized controlled trial in a Brazilian slum

Effect of physical exercise on bodyweight in overweight children: a randomized controlled trial in a Brazilian slum
Effect of physical exercise on bodyweight in overweight children: a randomized controlled trial in a Brazilian slum
Given the increase in obesity in developed and developing countries and its concomitant morbidity, successful treatment approaches are needed. We examined the effect of a structured exercise intervention in overweight children in a slum in Recife, Pernambuco State, Brazil. This was a randomized, controlled efficacy trial. Seventy-eight children were randomized. Exercise was supervised, consisting of three 50' group aerobics sessions per week for six months. All participants maintained ad libitum diets. Based on intention-to-treat analyses, children in both groups had a significant increase in weight at follow-up (p-value for within-group increase < or = 0.01). The increase in weight was significantly lower in the exercise group (mean difference between groups; -1.37; 95%CI: -2.00; -0.74). A significant difference (p = 0.049) between the exercise and control groups at six-month follow-up was also found for BMI (mean difference between groups; -0.53; 95%CI: -1.06; -0.002). When we restricted the analyses to children who completed the trial (intervention = 30 and control = 38), the results were the same. An exercise program for children, sustained for six months, was effective for reducing weight gain in overweight children living in a very poor neighborhood.
nutritional epidemiology, obesity, overweight, physical education and training, child
0102-311X
S353-S359
Alves, Joao Guilherme B.
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Gale, Catherine R.
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Souza, Edvaldo
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Batty, G. David
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Alves, Joao Guilherme B.
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Gale, Catherine R.
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Souza, Edvaldo
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Batty, G. David
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Alves, Joao Guilherme B., Gale, Catherine R., Souza, Edvaldo and Batty, G. David (2008) Effect of physical exercise on bodyweight in overweight children: a randomized controlled trial in a Brazilian slum. Cadernos de Saúde Pública, 24 (2), S353-S359. (doi:10.1590/S0102-311X2008001400020).

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Abstract

Given the increase in obesity in developed and developing countries and its concomitant morbidity, successful treatment approaches are needed. We examined the effect of a structured exercise intervention in overweight children in a slum in Recife, Pernambuco State, Brazil. This was a randomized, controlled efficacy trial. Seventy-eight children were randomized. Exercise was supervised, consisting of three 50' group aerobics sessions per week for six months. All participants maintained ad libitum diets. Based on intention-to-treat analyses, children in both groups had a significant increase in weight at follow-up (p-value for within-group increase < or = 0.01). The increase in weight was significantly lower in the exercise group (mean difference between groups; -1.37; 95%CI: -2.00; -0.74). A significant difference (p = 0.049) between the exercise and control groups at six-month follow-up was also found for BMI (mean difference between groups; -0.53; 95%CI: -1.06; -0.002). When we restricted the analyses to children who completed the trial (intervention = 30 and control = 38), the results were the same. An exercise program for children, sustained for six months, was effective for reducing weight gain in overweight children living in a very poor neighborhood.

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Published date: 2008
Additional Information: Abstract in English - Article in Portuguese
Keywords: nutritional epidemiology, obesity, overweight, physical education and training, child

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Local EPrints ID: 70269
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/70269
ISSN: 0102-311X
PURE UUID: a181069a-9ac0-4bbd-a2f9-aec1efc7613a
ORCID for Catherine R. Gale: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-3361-8638

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Date deposited: 05 Mar 2010
Last modified: 14 Mar 2024 02:38

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Author: Joao Guilherme B. Alves
Author: Edvaldo Souza
Author: G. David Batty

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