• DOI:10.1123/pes.2016-0107
• Corpus ID: 206495223

Exercise Training Improved Body Composition,Cardiovascular Function, and Physical Fitness of 5-Year-Old Children With Obesity or Normal Body Mass.

@article{Tan2017ExerciseTI,
  title={Exercise Training Improved Body Composition,Cardiovascular Function, and Physical Fitness of 5-Year-Old Children With Obesity or Normal Body Mass.},
  author={Sijie Tan and Cheng Chen and Mingyang Sui and Lunan Xue and Jianxiong Wang},
  journal={Pediatric exercise science},
  year={2017},
  volume={29 2},
  pages={
          245-253
        }
}

• Sijie Tan, Cheng Chen, +2 authors Jianxiong Wang
• Published 27 April 2017
• Education, Medicine
• Pediatric exercise science

OBJECTIVES
To explore the effects of exercise training on body composition, cardiovascular function, and physical fitness in 5-year-old obese and lean children.

METHODS
42 obese and 62 lean children were randomly allocated into exercise and control groups separately. Body composition, cardiovascular function, and physical fitness were measured at baseline and the end of the intervention. The exercise groups participated in 10 weeks of supervised moderate intensity exercise training (at 50% of heart rate reserve), 50 training sessions in total.

RESULTS
The physical activity program was successfully completed and no sport injury occurred. Exercise training decreased BMI, waist circumference, body fat%, and fat mass; and slowed down the growth speed of body mass of both trained obese and lean children. Exercise training significantly decreased systolic blood pressure of obese children and decreased their heart rate responses during exercise. Trained obese children improved the performances of long jump, 10-m × 4 shuttle run, and 3-m balance beam walk; while trained lean children improved more items of physical fitness.

CONCLUSIONS
10 weeks of moderate intensity exercise training is an effective and safe treatment for children aged 5 years, either obese or with normal body mass.