Obesity
Conditions
Interventions
Experimental group: 15 overweight or obese children and adolescents will participate in judo training sessions lasting 50 minutes each, twice a week for a period of 12 weeks. Control group: 15 eutroph
Other
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Sponsors
Universidade Estadual do Rio de Janeiro
Universidade do Porto
Eligibility
Age
9 Years to 12 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Children and adolescents between 9 and 12 years of age are either eutrophic or overweight or obese.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Kidney disease. Hematologic disease. Liver disease. Rheumatological disease. Neurological disease. Cardiovascular disease. Respiratory disease. Infectious disease. Endocrine disease. Any type of health condition that may interfere in the evaluation of outcomes as well as contraindicate the practice of sports. Regular use of medications mainly for weight control. Participation in weight control programs through diet or exercise in up to six months before the start of the experiment.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Improvement of body composition assessed by Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA)after 12 weeks of intervention with physical exercise.;Decrease in blood pressure values measured by the auscultatory method after 12 weeks of intervention with physical exercise.;Improvement of respiratory capacity measured by cardiopulmonary exercise test on exercise treadmill and gas analyzer after 12 weeks of exercise intervention.;Improvement of cardiac autonomic control by recording the resting heart rate by heart rate monitor with strap after 12 weeks of intervention with physical exercise.;Improvement of the endothelial response evaluated by plethysmography after 12 weeks of intervention with physical exercise. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Decrease in waist, abdomen and hip circumference measured by non-elastic tape measure after 12 weeks of intervention with exercise. | — |
Countries
Brazil, Portugal
Contacts
Public ContactIedda Brasil
Universidade Estadual do Rio de Janeiro
Outcome results
None listed