Open AccessShort-term effects of a physical activity intervention on obesity and cardiovascular fitness of 12-14-year-old boy students
Author(s) -
Seyed Mohammad Marandi,
Vazgen Minasian,
Roya Kelishadi,
Pooyan Khalighinejad,
Marjan Momeni Borojeni,
Sayed Hashem Borghi
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
international journal of preventive medicine/international journal of preventive medicine.
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.539
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 2008-8213
pISSN - 2008-7802
DOI - 10.4103/2008-7802.157668
Subject(s) - medicine , overweight , obesity , body mass index , body fat percentage , physical therapy , aerobic exercise , waist , physical fitness , cardiovascular fitness , intervention (counseling) , waist–hip ratio , gerontology , demography , nursing , sociology
Some local governments have implemented strategies to increase physical activity as a way to control obesity in children, but in Iranian students few studies have evaluated the effects of such interventions on overweight and obese children. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of a short-term school-based physical activity on obesity and cardiovascular fitness in 12-14-year-old boy students.