A randomized controlled trial of dance exergaming for exercise training in overweight and obese adolescent girls.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Structured exergaming with prescribed moderate intensity physical activity has reduced adiposity among adolescents. The extent to which adolescents reduce adiposity when allowed to self-select intensity level is not known. OBJECTIVE:The objective of the study was to examine the influence of exergaming on adolescent girls' body composition and cardiovascular risk factors. METHODS:This randomized controlled trial assigned 41 overweight and obese girls aged 14 to 18?years to group-based dance exergaming (36?h over 3?months) or to a self-directed care control condition. Body size and composition were measured by anthropometry, dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry [%fat and bone mineral density {BMD}] and magnetic resonance imaging. Cardiovascular risk factors included blood pressure, cholesterol, triglycerides, glucose and insulin. RESULTS:Attrition was 5%. Using analysis of covariance controlling for baseline value, age and race, there were no significant condition differences. Per protocol (attended >75%), the intervention group significantly decreased abdominal subcutaneous adiposity and increased trunk and spine BMD (ps?2600 steps/session), the intervention group significantly decreased leg %fat and decreased abdominal subcutaneous and total adiposity (ps?

SUBMITTER: Staiano AE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5191971 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature