Play as a Method to Reduce Overweight and Obesity in Children: An RCT.

ABSTRACT: Overweight and obesity are the result of a complex interaction between genetic and environmental factors, which begins prenatally. To analyse an intervention based on play as a means of improving the body composition of children who are overweight or obese. The Kids-Play study is a randomized clinical trial (RCT) consisting of 49 children aged 8-12 years on a nine-month intervention programme based on physical activity, play and nutritional advice. Controls had another 49 children, who received only nutritional advice. The play-based intervention achieved a moderate-vigorous level of physical activity in the study group of 81.18 min per day, while the corresponding level for the control group was only 37.34 min. At the start of the intervention, the children in the study group had an avera

SUBMITTER: Sanchez-Lopez AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6981949 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature