Physical Activity Interventions for Neurocognitive and Academic Performance in Overweight and Obese Youth
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This article examines cognitive, academic, and brain outcomes of physical activity in overweight or obese youth, with attention to minority youth who experience health disparities. Physically active academic lessons may have greater immediate cognitive and academic benefits among overweight and obese children than normal-weight children. Quasi-experimental studies testing physical activity programs in overweight and obese youth show promise; a few randomized controlled trials including African Americans show efficacy. Thus, making academic lessons physically active may improve inhibition and attentiveness, particularly in overweight youngsters. Regular physical activity may be efficacious for improving neurologic, cognitive, and achievement outcomes in overweight or obese youth.
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Several systematic reviews and meta-analyses report beneficial effects of physical activity on cognitive and academic outcomes in preadolescents, with consistent benefits for executive function, attention, and academic achievement including academic behaviors.
“Several SRs and meta-analyses report beneficial effects (using SR criteria, Cohen’s d, or Hedges’ g) of PA on cognitive and academic outcomes (20, 21, 23, 25, 26, 29–31, 35, 36). Specifically, consistent benefits of PA were observed for executive function (21, 23, 26), attention (25), and academic achievement (20, 26), including academic behaviors (e.g., time on task) (30).”
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- Authors
- Bustamante, E. E., Williams, C. F., & Davis, C. L.
- Affiliations
- University of Illinois Chicago (US)
- Augusta University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Davis, Catherine L.
- Venue
- Pediatric Clinics of North America
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2016-06
- Volume
- 63
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 459-480
- ISSN
- 0031-3955 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2412300634
- Cited by
- 32
- References
- 94
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 6 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 1
- FWCI
- 0.47
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Pediatric Clinics of North America (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Physical Activity and Health
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Children's Physical and Motor Development
- Keywords
- physical activity interventions, childhood obesity, overweight youth, neuropsychological performance, academic performance, minority youth, health disparities, African American children, inhibition, attentiveness
- MeSH terms
- Achievement, Adolescent, Behavior Therapy, Child, Child Welfare, Cognition, Female, Humans, Male, Motor Activity, Patient Education as Topic, United States, Body Mass Index, Executive Function, Pediatric Obesity
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