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    Multiple components of fitness improved among overweight and obese adolescents following a community-based lifestyle intervention

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    Authors
    Howie, Erin
    McVeigh, Joanne
    Abbott, R.
    Olds, T.
    Straker, Leon
    Date
    2015
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Howie, E. and McVeigh, J. and Abbott, R. and Olds, T. and Straker, L. 2015. Multiple components of fitness improved among overweight and obese adolescents following a community-based lifestyle intervention. Journal of Sports Sciences. 34 (16): pp. 1581-1587.
    Source Title
    Journal of Sports Sciences
    DOI
    10.1080/02640414.2015.1123285
    ISSN
    0264-0414
    School
    School of Physiotherapy and Exercise Science
    Funding and Sponsorship
    http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1019980
    Remarks

    This is an Author's Original Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Sports Sciences on 11/12/2015, available online at http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/02640414.2015.1123285

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    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/34444
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    Fitness is an important component of health, and obese adolescents regularly have poor fitness. Unfortunately, few have assessed the impact of community-based lifestyle interventions on multiple components of fitness. The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of participation in a community-based intervention involving adolescents and parents on multiple components of fitness of obese adolescents. In a within-subject, waitlist controlled clinical trial with 12 months follow-up in Western Australia, participants (n = 56) completed multiple fitness measures at baseline, immediately prior to beginning an 8-week intervention and at 3, 6 and 12 months during a maintenance period. Performance on the shuttle walk was improved immediately post-intervention (increase of 42.8 m, 95% CI: 7.5, 78.2) and at 12 months post-intervention (increase of 44.6 m, 95% CI: 1.3, 87.8) compared with pre-intervention. Muscle performance of quadriceps and deltoids were improved post-intervention (increase of 1.1 (95% CI: 0.1, 2.1) kg · F and 1.0 (0.02, 2.1) kg · F, respectively) and all muscle performance measures were improved at 12 months following the intervention. There were no changes in waist circumference. A community-based lifestyle programme such as Curtin University’s Activity, Food and Attitudes Program (CAFAP) may be a viable strategy for improving fitness in overweight adolescents.

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