Multiple components of fitness improved among overweight and obese adolescents following a community-based lifestyle intervention
Deutscher übersetzter Titel: | Multiple Komponenten der Fitness verbessern sich bei übergewichtigen und adipösen Jugendlichecn nach einer Lifestyle Intervention |
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Autor: | Howie, Erin Kaye; Mcveigh, Joanne A.; Abbott, Rebecca A.; Olds, Tim S.; Straker, Leon M. |
Erschienen in: | Journal of sports sciences |
Veröffentlicht: | 34 (2016), 16, S. 1581-1587, Lit. |
Format: | Literatur (SPOLIT) |
Publikationstyp: | Zeitschriftenartikel |
Medienart: | Elektronische Ressource (online) Gedruckte Ressource |
Sprache: | Englisch |
ISSN: | 0264-0414, 1466-447X |
DOI: | 10.1080/02640414.2015.1123285 |
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Erfassungsnummer: | PU201606004060 |
Quelle: | BISp |
Abstract des Autors
Fitness is an important component of health, and obese adolescents regularly have poor fitness. Unfortunately, few have assessed the impact of community-based lifestyle interventions on multiple components of fitness. The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of participation in a community-based intervention involving adolescents and parents on multiple components of fitness of obese adolescents. In a within-subject, waitlist controlled clinical trial with 12 months follow-up in Western Australia, participants (n = 56) completed multiple fitness measures at baseline, immediately prior to beginning an 8-week intervention and at 3, 6 and 12 months during a maintenance period. Performance on the shuttle walk was improved immediately post-intervention (increase of 42.8 m, 95% CI: 7.5, 78.2) and at 12 months post-intervention (increase of 44.6 m, 95% CI: 1.3, 87.8) compared with pre-intervention. Muscle performance of quadriceps and deltoids were improved post-intervention (increase of 1.1 (95% CI: 0.1, 2.1) kg · F and 1.0 (0.02, 2.1) kg · F, respectively) and all muscle performance measures were improved at 12 months following the intervention. There were no changes in waist circumference. A community-based lifestyle programme such as Curtin University’s Activity, Food and Attitudes Program (CAFAP) may be a viable strategy for improving fitness in overweight adolescents.