A randomized controlled trial of coordination exercise on cognitive function in obese adolescents

Liu, Jen Hao; Alderman, Brandon L.; Song, Tai Fen; Chen, Feng Tzu; Hung, Tsung Min; Chang, Yu Kai

doi:10.1016/j.psychsport.2017.09.003

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“…Thus, some research has highlighted the relationships among physical exercise and variables such as attention, concentration, working memory, inhibitory control, cognitive flexibility, processing speed, and language (e.g., Liu et al, 2018;Ludyga et al, 2018;Westfall et al, 2018;Xue et al, 2019). Specifically, attention has been an object of interest in a number of studies (Budde et al, 2008;Vanhelst et al, 2016).…”

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Physical Exercise and Fitness Level Are Related to Cognitive and Psychosocial Functioning in Adolescents

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The purpose of this study was to analyze the relationships among physical exercise and fitness with selective attention, concentration, processing speed, general self-efficacy, self-rated health, and satisfaction with life. 208 adolescents between 14 and 16 years, from the city of Malaga (Spain), participated in the study. A comparative and predictive design was used to carry out this research. The instruments used for the evaluation were the Tanita R BC-601 Body Composition Monitor, the Eurofit Physical Condition Test Battery, the D2 Test of Attention, the WISC-IV Symbol Search and Coding tests, the General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSE), the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28), and the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS). Analysis of variance (ANOVA), Kruskal-Wallis test, correlation analysis and linear regression were used to contrast the research objectives. The results indicated that adolescents who practiced more hours of physical exercise per week and were in better physical fitness achieved higher scores in selective attention, concentration, processing speed, general self-efficacy, self-rated health, and satisfaction with life. In addition, cardiorespiratory fitness was the physical fitness variable most closely related to and predictive of cognitive and psychosocial functioning. Cardiorespiratory fitness was predictor of all the variables analyzed, except the factor anxiety and insomnia (self-rated health), and life satisfaction that were predicted by horizontal jump measurements and fat mass, respectively. Thus, the study findings indicate that adolescents who practiced more weekly physical exercise and had a higher level of physical fitness scored better on the cognitive functioning and psychosocial tests evaluated. The data suggest that engaging in physical exercise and fitness in adolescence may be appropriate to improve health and well-being, contributing to better development at this stage.

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“…The modified version of the classic Stroop color–word conflict task is widely utilized to assess cognitive component of self-control (Hagger et al, 2010) and has been demonstrated to exhibit sensitivity to different exercise interventions (Chang et al, 2014; Liu et al, 2018). The stimuli were three color–word names presented in Chinese as (RED), (GREEN), and (BLUE), using E-prime 2.0 software (Psychology Software Tools, Pittsburgh, PA, United States).…”

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“…The benefits of exercise have prompted researchers to adopt exercise training to improve the self-control of overweight or obese individuals. Recently, Liu et al (2018) demonstrated that coordination-exercise intervention not only improved the physical fitness of obese adolescents and reduced their BMI, but also enhanced their cognitive inhibitory control in the domain of executive function, which was reflected by the results of a normal and food-cue-related Stroop task. Furthermore, a series of randomized controlled trials in overweight children provided evidence of exercise-induced changes in activating their brains, including in the prefrontal cortex and the anterior cingulate cortex (Davis et al, 2011; Chaddock-Heyman et al, 2013; Krafft et al, 2014), which are areas of the brain linked to self-control (Kelley et al, 2015).…”

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Effect of a Combined Exercise and Dietary Intervention on Self-Control in Obese Adolescents

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Objective The aim of this study was to determine whether a combined exercise and dietary intervention improved cognitive and physical self-control and whether pre-to-post interventional changes in self-control were mediated by changes in body mass index (BMI) and maximal grip strength (MGS), in a sample of obese adolescents. Methods Forty-four obese adolescents were randomly assigned to a combined exercise and dietary program or to a waitlist control group; the data from 36 participants ( n = 18 for each group) were analyzed. The combined exercise and dietary program was performed over 6 weeks and was supervised by qualified trainers in a closed boot camp. The exercise consisted primarily of typical aerobic training, sports, outdoor training, yoga, and resistance training. Participants were placed on moderate dietary restriction according to individual target body weight (30 kcal/kg × target weight). The primary outcomes of this study were metrics based on cognitive and physical self-control, assessed by the Stroop task and a handgrip task, respectively. Secondary outcomes included BMI and MGS. Results The combined exercise and dietary intervention significantly improved both cognitive and physical self-control. Similar positive effects were also found for reduced BMI and enhanced MGS. Correlation analyses showed that the reduced BMI and enhanced MGS were significantly closely associated with improved cognitive and physical self-control. The mediation analyses revealed that the pre-to-post intervention changes in BMI and MGS significantly mediated physical self-control, but did not mediate cognitive self-control. Conclusion Our combined exercise and dietary intervention is an effective approach to improve multiple aspects of self-control, reduce BMI, and strengthen MGS among obese adolescents. These findings also suggest that reduced BMI and enhanced MGS mediate specific aspects of self-control.

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“…Specifically, there has been a notable increase in studies that have analyzed the link between physical exercise and cognitive functioning for this age group [6,7]. In the set of studies carried out, those that have highlighted positive relationships of physical exercise with cognitive abilities, such as attention and concentration, processing speed, cognitive functioning or language, stand out [7][8][9][10][11]. Different advances in neuroscientific knowledge help to explain why this happens, thus endorsing this phenomenon and considering it as an important line of research in the field of health [12,13].…”

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Physical Exercise, Fitness, Cognitive Functioning, and Psychosocial Variables in an Adolescent Sample

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The objective of this paper was to evaluate the relationship between physical exercise and physical fitness with cognitive and psychosocial functioning in a group of adolescents. 167 teenagers between 14 and 15 years old (M = 14.53; SD = 0.50) from the city of Malaga (Spain) participated in the study. This research used a comparative and predictive type of design. The Tanita ® Body Composition Monitor BC-601, some Eurofit battery tests, the D2 Attention Test, the WISC-IV Scale Symbols and Keys tests, the Form 5 Self-Concept Questionnaire (AF5), the General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSE) and the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28) were used to evaluate the study variables. The results found in this research pointed to a positive relationship between physical exercise and physical fitness with cognitive and psychosocial functioning in the adolescents analyzed. For example, adolescents who practiced more physical exercise had better scores on variables such as selective attention (p < 0.001; η 2 = 0.10), processing speed (p < 0.001; η 2 = 0.09) or general self-efficacy (p < 0.001; η 2 = 0.15). In addition, cardiorespiratory fitness was the best predictor of test scores to assess cognitive ability and psychosocial variables. These findings suggest the need to promote physical exercise among young people because of its implications for various facets of their health and development

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A randomized controlled trial of coordination exercise on cognitive function in obese adolescents

Cited by 21 publications

References 47 publications

Physical Exercise and Fitness Level Are Related to Cognitive and Psychosocial Functioning in Adolescents

Physical Exercise and Fitness Level Are Related to Cognitive and Psychosocial Functioning in Adolescents

Effect of a Combined Exercise and Dietary Intervention on Self-Control in Obese Adolescents

Physical Exercise, Fitness, Cognitive Functioning, and Psychosocial Variables in an Adolescent Sample

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