Research paper
Lifestyle intervention for improving school achievement in overweight or obese children and adolescents.
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What this study found
Lifestyle interventions showed small but significant improvements in overall school achievement and mathematics achievement, as well as cognitive outcomes like executive function and working memory. However, no significant effects were found for reading or language achievements. Methodological issues in existing studies limited the interpretability of results.
- Study & population
- The review included randomized controlled trials and cluster-randomized trials involving children aged 3 to 18 years who were overweight or obese.
- Intervention
- Lifestyle interventions aimed at improving school achievement in overweight or obese children and adolescents were evaluated.
- Key limitation
- Many studies had methodological limitations, including high attrition rates and lack of long-term follow-up.
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BACKGROUND The prevalence of overweight and obesity in childhood and adolescence is high. Excessive body fat at a young age is likely to persist into adulthood and is associated with physical and psychosocial co-morbidities, as well as lower cognitiv…