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- Title
Effects of an obesity intervention program on cognitive function in children: A randomized controlled trial.
- Authors
Huang, Tao; Larsen, Kristian Traberg; Jepsen, Jens Richardt Møllegaard; Møller, Niels Christian; Thorsen, Anne Kær; Mortensen, Erik Lykke; Andersen, Lars Bo
- Abstract
<bold>Objective: </bold>Adiposity may be associated with poorer cognitive function in children. The purpose of the study was to examine the effects of an obesity intervention on cognitive function in children.<bold>Methods: </bold>One hundred and fifteen children were randomly allocated to either the Day Camp Intervention Arm (DCIA) or the Standard Intervention Arm (SIA). Children in the DCIA participated in a 6-week day camp intervention and a subsequent 46-week family-based intervention. The camp intervention mainly consisted of physical exercise and health classes. The SIA was offered one weekly physical exercise session for 6 weeks and one educational meeting. Anthropometrics and cognitive function were measured at baseline, 6 weeks, and 52 weeks.<bold>Results: </bold>At 6 weeks, the improvement in visuospatial construction skills was larger in the DCIA than the SIA (standardized mean difference, 0.47, 95% CI, 0.08 to 0.86, P = 0.02). At 52 weeks, the improvements in emotional control (standardized mean difference, -0.42, 95% CI, -0.68 to -0.16, P = 0.002) and monitoring (standardized mean difference, -0.32, 95% CI, -0.63 to -0.02, P = 0.04) were larger in the DCIA than the SIA. No group differences were observed in changes in other cognitive outcomes.<bold>Conclusions: </bold>The obesity intervention may benefit emotional control, monitoring, and visuospatial construction skills in children.
- Subjects
ADIPOSE tissue physiology; PREVENTION of childhood obesity; BEHAVIOR therapy; HUMAN body composition; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE studies; EXERCISE therapy; RESEARCH methodology; MEDICAL cooperation; RESEARCH; EVALUATION research; RANDOMIZED controlled trials
- Publication
Obesity (19307381), 2015, Vol 23, Issue 10, p2101
- ISSN
1930-7381
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1002/oby.21209