Effect of a pilot multi-component intervention on motor performance and metabolic risks in overweight/obese youth

• Published in: Journal of sports sciences Vol. 36; no. 20; pp. 2317 - 2326
• Main Authors: Silveira, Dominique Silva, Lemos, Luis Filipe Gomes Barbosa Ferreira, Tassitano, Rafael Miranda, Cattuzzo, Maria Teresa, Feitoza, Anderson Henry Pereira, Aires, Luisa Maria Seara Moreira Carneiro, Silva Mota, Jorge Augusto Pinto, Martins, Clarice Maria de Lucena
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Routledge 18-10-2018; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Adipositas; Adolescent; Analyse; Body weight; Child; children and adolescents; Exercise Therapy; Female; Food intake; Forschung; Gesundheit; Gesundheitserziehung; Gesundheitsförderung; Gesundheitspolitik; Gesundheitssport; Glycolysis; Health Education; Humans; Intervention; Jugendlicher; Kind; Male; Metabolic Syndrome - physiopathology; Metabolism; Motor Activity - physiology; Motor performance; Motor task performance; Motorische Leistungsfähigkeit; Nutritional Status; Obesity; Overweight; Overweight - physiopathology; Overweight - therapy; Parents; Pediatric Obesity - physiopathology; Pediatric Obesity - therapy; Physical Education and Training - methods; Physical Fitness; Pilot Projects; Pilotstudie; Risk Factors; Social Support; Sportwissenschaft; Teenagers; Vergleichsuntersuchung; Übergewicht; children and adolescents; Motor performance; intervention; obesity
• ISSN: 1466-447X; 0264-0414; 1466-447X
• DOI: 10.1080/02640414.2018.1452142

This study evaluated the effect of a multi-component intervention on motor performance (MP) and metabolic risk markers (MRM) in overweight/obese youth. A secondary aim was to examine whether changes in MP are associated to changes in MRM. A 3-month multi-component intervention was performed, consisting of physical exercise sessions (twice/week;1h), nutritional education sessions (once/month), and parental support (twice/week). The sample included 35 volunteers (7-13 y.o), allocated to intervention (INT, n = 17) and control (CONT, n = 18) group. Variables were measured pre (T0) and post intervention (T1). Fasting blood samples were analyzed for MRM. MP tests included the measurement of health related physical fitness components and motor coordination performance (KTK battery). To assess food intake, a 24-hour recall diary was used. GLM-ANCOVA was performed. Standardized scores were calculated for the outcome variables, and multilinear regressions were applied to analyze associations between the key variables. INT group showed improvements in MP, glycolytic and hepatic profiles. After adjustments for MVPA, SB, total intake and maturational stage, negative associations between %Delta_MP and %Delta_glycolytic (beta = -.424; 95%CI:-0.343:-0.022), and %Delta_hepatic scores (beta = -.382 95%CI:-0.001:-0.009) were observed. The intervention produced a moderate-to-high effect on the MP and some MRM. Changes in MP were inversely associated with changes in glycolytic and hepatic markers.