TY - JOUR

T1 - Effects of an obesity intervention program on cognitive function in children

T2 - A randomized controlled trial

AU - Huang, Tao

AU - Larsen, Kristian Traberg

AU - Jepsen, Jens Richardt M.

AU - Moller, Niels Christian

AU - Thorsen, Anne Kaer

AU - Mortensen, Erik Lykke

AU - Andersen, Lars Bo

PY - 2015/10

Y1 - 2015/10

N2 - Objective: Adiposity may be associated with poorer cognitive function in children. The purpose of thestudy was to examine the effects of an obesity intervention on cognitive function in children.Methods: One hundred and fifteen children were randomly allocated to either the Day Camp InterventionArm (DCIA) or the Standard Intervention Arm (SIA). Children in the DCIA participated in a 6-week daycamp intervention and a subsequent 46-week family-based intervention. The camp intervention mainlyconsisted of physical exercise and health classes. The SIA was offered one weekly physical exercisesession for 6 weeks and one educational meeting. Anthropometrics and cognitive function weremeasured at baseline, 6 weeks, and 52 weeks.Results: At 6 weeks, the improvement in visuospatial construction skills was larger in the DCIA than theSIA (standardized mean difference, 0.47, 95% CI, 0.08 to 0.86, P 5 0.02). At 52 weeks, the improvementsin emotional control (standardized mean difference, 20.42, 95% CI, 20.68 to 20.16, P 5 0.002) andmonitoring (standardized mean difference, 20.32, 95% CI, 20.63 to 20.02, P 5 0.04) were larger in theDCIA than the SIA. No group differences were observed in changes in other cognitive outcomes.Conclusions: The obesity intervention may benefit emotional control, monitoring, and visuospatialconstruction skills in children

AB - Objective: Adiposity may be associated with poorer cognitive function in children. The purpose of thestudy was to examine the effects of an obesity intervention on cognitive function in children.Methods: One hundred and fifteen children were randomly allocated to either the Day Camp InterventionArm (DCIA) or the Standard Intervention Arm (SIA). Children in the DCIA participated in a 6-week daycamp intervention and a subsequent 46-week family-based intervention. The camp intervention mainlyconsisted of physical exercise and health classes. The SIA was offered one weekly physical exercisesession for 6 weeks and one educational meeting. Anthropometrics and cognitive function weremeasured at baseline, 6 weeks, and 52 weeks.Results: At 6 weeks, the improvement in visuospatial construction skills was larger in the DCIA than theSIA (standardized mean difference, 0.47, 95% CI, 0.08 to 0.86, P 5 0.02). At 52 weeks, the improvementsin emotional control (standardized mean difference, 20.42, 95% CI, 20.68 to 20.16, P 5 0.002) andmonitoring (standardized mean difference, 20.32, 95% CI, 20.63 to 20.02, P 5 0.04) were larger in theDCIA than the SIA. No group differences were observed in changes in other cognitive outcomes.Conclusions: The obesity intervention may benefit emotional control, monitoring, and visuospatialconstruction skills in children

U2 - 10.1002/oby.21209

DO - 10.1002/oby.21209

M3 - Journal article

C2 - 26337394

VL - 23

SP - 2101

EP - 2108

JO - Obesity

JF - Obesity

SN - 1930-7381

IS - 10

ER -