The effect of a multi-component camp-based weight-loss program on children's motor skills and physical fitness: a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Many weight-loss programs in children are performed without specific foci on training both physical fitness and motor skills. The aim of this study was to describe the effect of a one-year weight-loss program on children's motor skills and physical fitness.

Methods

Participants included 115 overweight fifth-grade children (12.0 years) randomized into either a Day-Camp Intervention Arm (DCIA), with a subsequent family-based support program or a low-intense Standard Intervention Arm (SIA). Physical fitness was assessed by vertical jump, hand grip strength, and a progressive cardio-respiratory fitness test. Motor skills were assessed by the Movement Assessment Battery for Children - second edition (M-ABC-2), age band 3.

Results

Loss to follow-up after 52 weeks

SUBMITTER: Larsen KT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4946099 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature