The effect of cognitively engaging movement games on inhibitory control and academic performance in overweight childre
- Conditions
- Overweight children with body mass index (BMI) of more than 1-2 standard deviation above the median, and no health conditions or problems.afterschool program, movement game, physical fitness, executive function, academic achievement, overweight
- Registration Number
- TCTR20220913006
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity of Taipei, Taiwan
- Brief Summary
Our findings suggest that cognitively engaging movement games with varying doses is feasible and effective for improving cardiovascular fitness, inhibitory control, and academic achievement in overweight children and that the association between improvements in cardiovascular fitness and academic achievement depends on the intervention effects on inhibitory control.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 75
Children were eligible if they had body mass index (BMI) of more than 1-2 standard deviation above the median for participants aged 5-19 years.
Children did not participate regular physical activity program > 1.5 hour per week, had no medical condition such as presence of conduct/oppositional defiant disorder, autism spectrum disorders, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, intellectual disabilities, or serious affective disorders.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Inhibitory control at a 10 week before the intervention Stroop test,cardiovascular fitness at a 10 week before the intervention half-mile run,academic achievement at a 10 week before the intervention language and mathematics tests
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method inhibitory control at a 10 week after end of the intervention overweight children reported outcome using Stroop test,cardiovascular fitness at a 10 week after end of the intervention overweight children reported outcome using half-mile run,academic achievement at a 10 week after end of the intervention overweight children reported outcome using language and mathematics tests