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The Impact of Physical Activity at School on Body Fat Content in School-Aged Children
(1) Background: Excessive amounts of adipose tissue is a health risk. The aim of this study was to assess the impact of increased physical activity (PA) at school on body fat content in children aged 10 to 12 years over a 2-year follow-up. (2) Methods: Children born in 2007 (n = 245) in two groups,...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9564525/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36231816 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912514 |
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author | Ługowska, Katarzyna Kolanowski, Wojciech |
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description | (1) Background: Excessive amounts of adipose tissue is a health risk. The aim of this study was to assess the impact of increased physical activity (PA) at school on body fat content in children aged 10 to 12 years over a 2-year follow-up. (2) Methods: Children born in 2007 (n = 245) in two groups, (1) standard PA and (2) increased PA at school, 4 and 10 h of physical education lessons per week, respectively. BIA measurements of body fat content were taken twice a year. Results were interpreted based on children’s fat content reference curves. (3) Results: During 2 years of observation, the percentage of children with excessive fat mass (overweight and obese) increased by one-third (from 28.11% to 39.67%) in the group of standard PA, while decreased by one-third in the increased PA one (from 28.92% to 21.00%); with normal fat content increased by one-quarter in the increased PA group (from 59.86% to 76.26%) and decreased by one-tenth in the standard PA one (from 61.61% to 56.29%). (4) Conclusions: An increase in PA at school has a positive impact on children’s body fat content. It is recommended to increase the number of physical education lessons at school, which has a positive effect on children’s health, reducing the risk of obesity. |
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spelling | pubmed-95645252022-10-15 The Impact of Physical Activity at School on Body Fat Content in School-Aged Children Ługowska, Katarzyna Kolanowski, Wojciech Int J Environ Res Public Health Article (1) Background: Excessive amounts of adipose tissue is a health risk. The aim of this study was to assess the impact of increased physical activity (PA) at school on body fat content in children aged 10 to 12 years over a 2-year follow-up. (2) Methods: Children born in 2007 (n = 245) in two groups, (1) standard PA and (2) increased PA at school, 4 and 10 h of physical education lessons per week, respectively. BIA measurements of body fat content were taken twice a year. Results were interpreted based on children’s fat content reference curves. (3) Results: During 2 years of observation, the percentage of children with excessive fat mass (overweight and obese) increased by one-third (from 28.11% to 39.67%) in the group of standard PA, while decreased by one-third in the increased PA one (from 28.92% to 21.00%); with normal fat content increased by one-quarter in the increased PA group (from 59.86% to 76.26%) and decreased by one-tenth in the standard PA one (from 61.61% to 56.29%). (4) Conclusions: An increase in PA at school has a positive impact on children’s body fat content. It is recommended to increase the number of physical education lessons at school, which has a positive effect on children’s health, reducing the risk of obesity. MDPI 2022-09-30 /pmc/articles/PMC9564525/ /pubmed/36231816 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912514 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Ługowska, Katarzyna Kolanowski, Wojciech The Impact of Physical Activity at School on Body Fat Content in School-Aged Children |
title | The Impact of Physical Activity at School on Body Fat Content in School-Aged Children |
title_full | The Impact of Physical Activity at School on Body Fat Content in School-Aged Children |
title_fullStr | The Impact of Physical Activity at School on Body Fat Content in School-Aged Children |
title_full_unstemmed | The Impact of Physical Activity at School on Body Fat Content in School-Aged Children |
title_short | The Impact of Physical Activity at School on Body Fat Content in School-Aged Children |
title_sort | impact of physical activity at school on body fat content in school-aged children |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9564525/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36231816 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912514 |
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