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Could sport be part of pediatric obesity prevention and treatment? : Expert conclusions from the 28th European Childhood Obesity Group Congress

Authors :
Elpis Vlachopapadopoulou
Daniel Weghuber
Margerita Caroli
Susanne Ring-Dimitriou
Ema Boyland
Anders Forslund
Andera Seabra
Peter Krustrup
Artur Mazur
Manuel J. Coelho-e-Silva
Carla Rego
Jorge Mota
Éva Erhardt
Marie Laure Frelut
David Thivel
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.

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.

Details

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