Effect of High Intensity Children's Games Compared With Medium Intensityregulation, Obesity Biomarkers and Body Composition in Boys and Girls
Obesity, Childhood
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Obesity, Childhood focused on measuring Obesity, children, High-Intensity Interval Training, Adipokines
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Children from 6 to 9 years old with the consent of their parents or guardians and who agree to participate
- Clinically healthy verified by medical examination according to the Clinical Guide for cardiovascular evaluation prior to sports practice in pediatrics .
- Children with weight above the 85th percentile in relation to their growth and development scale for Colombia and as suggested by the study by Cole et., al
- Children who are included in the general social security system
Exclusion Criteria:
- Children with musculoskeletal diseases that limit or contraindicate physical activity.
- Children with chronic diseases (chronic asthma, kidney disease, diabetes), or who have received medications that alter body composition or in-sulin secretion such as glucocorticoids.
- Children who on medical examination have shown any history or evidence of heart disease
- Hypertension (defined as blood pressure above the 95th percentile for systolic or diastolic values)
- Diagnosed attention deficit hypersensitivity disorder
- Children who at the clinical discretion cannot participate or who have presented any symptoms (dyspnea, chest pain, palpitations, among others) during the physical fitness test.
Sites / Locations
- Universidad SurcolombianaRecruiting
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Arm 3
Active Comparator
Active Comparator
No Intervention
HIIG Group
MIIG Group
Control Group
General nutritional recommendations will be suggested in an initial consultation with weekly telephone follow-up. The high intensity children's games program for 12 weeks, . In this group the activities will include 3 weekly sessions. . The games last 6 minutes with a 2 minute break, four games per session; which is the one established for children of these ages according to the cited authors. The session is divided into 5 minutes of warm-up, 36 minutes of intervention and 8 minutes of cool-down. The intensity varies between 85-95% of HR max. According to the equation of Tanka et., Al. HR max = 208-0.7 x age
: The interventions will be carried out by a graduate in physical education, recreation and / or sports and the main researcher. General nutritional recommendations will be suggested in an initial consultation with weekly telephone follow-up. The medium intensity physical activity program for 12 weeks (28). Medium intensity activities are very similar to those taught in physical education class. In this group the activities will include 3 weekly sessions, with six episodes of 10 min at 65% to 85% of maximum heart rate (HRmax) separated by 5 min of recovery.
In this group, measurements will be made before, during and after the study. Neither medium nor high intensity interventions will be carried out in order to generate comparisons, control biases and confounding and interaction variables. However, the interventions that have been most beneficial in the intervention groups. It could be implemented in this study once the analysis between groups has been completed, according to the recommendations and follow-up by the ethics committee.