This Article  • Full text  • PDF  • Send to a friend  • Save in My Folder  • Save to citation manager  • Permissions  Citing Articles  • Citing articles on Web of Science (1)  • Contact me when this article is cited  Related Content  • Similar articles in this journal  Topic Collections  • Nutritional and Metabolic Disorders  • Nutritional and Metabolic Disorders, Other  • Exercise  • Obesity  • Alert me on articles by topic  Social Bookmarking   What's this?

Is School-Based Enhanced Physical Activity Relevant?  

Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2005;159:996-997.

	Since this article does not have an abstract, we have provided the first 150 words of the full text and any section headings.

Juvenile obesity has reached epidemic proportions worldwide^1-2 and its prevalence is still on the rise.³ While the specific causes of this epidemic are not entirely clear, some evidence emerges for a link between the prevalence of obesity and a low level of physical activity among children and adolescents in various countries, as well as an increasing involvement in sedentary pursuits.¹

There has been a growing interest in the efficacy and effectiveness of enhanced physical activity (EPA) as a means for treating juvenile obesity and its comorbidities.^4-9 Another area of interest has been the possible benefit of reducing sedentary activities, such as television viewing, as a means of obesity prevention.¹⁰

Indeed, EPA alone, or in combination with dietary changes, has been found efficacious in controlling body weight and reducing body fat percentage.^{4, 8} Furthermore, small-scale randomly controlled interventions suggest that EPA can reduce insulin resistance⁵ and abdominal and visceral fat content,¹¹ as . . . [Full Text of this Article]

AUTHOR INFORMATION

Oded Bar-Or, MD

CiteULike    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    Twitter     What's this?