A randomized controlled trial of dance exergaming for exercise training in overweight and obese adolescent girls.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Structured exergaming with prescribed moderate intensity physical activity has reduced adiposity among adolescents. The extent to which adolescents reduce adiposity when allowed to self-select intensity level is not known.

Objective

The objective of the study was to examine the influence of exergaming on adolescent girls' body composition and cardiovascular risk factors.

Methods

This randomized controlled trial assigned 41 overweight and obese girls aged 14 to 18 years to group-based dance exergaming (36 h over 3 months) or to a self-directed care control condition. Body size and composition were measured by anthropometry, dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry [%fat and bone mineral density {BMD}] and magnetic resonance imaging. Cardiovascular risk factors inclu

SUBMITTER: Staiano AE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5191971 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature