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Could sport be part of pediatric obesity prevention and treatment? : Expert conclusions from the 28th European Childhood Obesity Group Congress
- Source :
- JOURNAL OF SPORT AND HEALTH SCIENCE, Ring-Dimitriou, S, Krustrup, P, Coelho-E-Silva, M J, Mota, J, Seabra, A, Rego, C, Mazur, A, Vlachopapadopoulou, E, Caroli, M, Frelut, M L, Erhardt, E, Forslund, A, Boyland, E, Weghuber, D & Thivel, D 2019, ' Could sport be part of pediatric obesity prevention and treatment? Expert conclusions from the 28th European Childhood Obesity Group Congress ', Journal of Sport and Health Science, vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 350-352 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jshs.2019.01.007, Journal of Sport and Health Science
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för kvinnors och barns hälsa, 2019.
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Abstract
- The prevalence of pediatric obesity continues to increase worldwide, bringing with it various metabolic, functional, social, and psychological complications.1 Both the prevention and treatment of childhood obesity must be based on multidisciplinary approaches combining nutrition, physical activity (PA), and psychological support.2 As an essential element of these multicomponent strategies, regular physical activity has been acknowledged as having beneficial effects on children's and adolescents’ body composition, physical fitness, and metabolic profile, as well as on their health-related quality of life, social and psychological health, and academic achievement.3, 4 Given that only a relatively small proportion of children and adolescents meet the public health recommendations for PA,5 and given that weight loss exercise-based interventions suffer from a high attrition rate, there is a clear need for appropriate PAs. Traditional sports, including football, handball, gymnastics, athletics, and martial arts, are usually defined as specific and structured activities organized through rules and specific regulations under the control and administration of sports associations and federations. As a part of the overall PA compendium, could these and other classical sporting activities provide a relevant alternative for the prevention and treatment of pediatric obesity? An entire session was dedicated to this question at the 28th European Childhood Obesity Group Congress (ECOG) held in Porto, Portugal, on 13–16 November 2018; the session brought together international experts in the field. This article summarizes the initial conclusions of this expert panel and details the main considerations when it comes to recommending traditional sports for the prevention and/or treatment of pediatric overweight and obesity.
- Subjects :
- Gerontology
medicine.medical_specialty
Martial arts
business.industry
Idrottsvetenskap
Public health
Physical fitness
Psychological intervention
Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation
030229 sport sciences
Football
medicine.disease
Obesity
Childhood obesity
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Quality of life (healthcare)
Regular paper
Medicine
Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
030212 general & internal medicine
business
human activities
Sport and Fitness Sciences
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- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- JOURNAL OF SPORT AND HEALTH SCIENCE, Ring-Dimitriou, S, Krustrup, P, Coelho-E-Silva, M J, Mota, J, Seabra, A, Rego, C, Mazur, A, Vlachopapadopoulou, E, Caroli, M, Frelut, M L, Erhardt, E, Forslund, A, Boyland, E, Weghuber, D & Thivel, D 2019, ' Could sport be part of pediatric obesity prevention and treatment? Expert conclusions from the 28th European Childhood Obesity Group Congress ', Journal of Sport and Health Science, vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 350-352 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jshs.2019.01.007, Journal of Sport and Health Science
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....e4c4cc79aa94a325fca6e07bcdf9c35d
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jshs.2019.01.007