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- Pediatric obesity is a growing concern globally, including South Africa, prompting a study on a 9-week movement program aimed at improving body composition in rural 7 to 8-year-old children.
- The research involved 93 schoolchildren divided into an intervention group (IG) that participated in bi-weekly movement sessions and a control group (CG), using a pre-test, post-test, and re-test design to evaluate changes in measurements like BMI, waist circumference, and skinfold thickness.
- Results indicated that the movement program significantly reduced waist circumference and improved BMI and skinfold measurements, with gender variations impacting the outcomes, highlighting the value of school-based physical activity interventions for promoting healthier body compositions in children.
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Pediatric obesity has become a growing global epidemic which has negative health consequences, including for South African children. This study aimed to determine the immediate and sustainable influences of a 9-week movement program on the body composition of 7 to 8-year-old school children in a rural area of South Africa. A two group, pre-test, post-test and re-test after six months experimental design was used to compare anthropometric measurements of the intervention group (IG) and control group (CG). Ninety-three schoolchildren (IG = 57; CG = 36) participated in the study. A 9-week movement program was followed twice a week for 30 min during school hours with an emphasis on improving BMI. Hierarchical Linear Modelling (HLM) was used to analyze the data with time, sex and group as predictors. Effect sizes was computed based on the Cohen's d to assess the practical significance of findings. The intervention positively changed the waist circumference. The subscapular skinfold and BMI showed statistical and practically significant sustainable changes because of the intervention, although gender influenced these effects. School based movement interventions, focusing on improving fundamental movement skills (FMS), have the potential to contribute to a healthier BMI, skinfold thickness and circumferences among young children.
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