Effect of physical activity on anxiety, depression and obesity index in children and adolescents with obesity : A meta-analysis

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FOR FULL-LENGTH ARTICLES: This study systematically identified the effects of physical activity (PA) on depression, anxiety and weight-related outcomes among children and adolescents with overweight/obesity. EMBASE, The Cochrane Library, Web of Science, and PubMed were searched from January 1, 2000 to August 1, 2022 for peer-reviewed papers. Meta-analyses were conducted to ascertain the effect of physical activity on symptoms of anxiety, depression and weight-related outcomes in overweight/obese children and adolescents. Twenty-five studies representing 2188 participants, with median age 12.08 years old (8.3 to 18.44 years) were included. Depressive and anxiety symptoms, BMI, BMI z-scores, weight, waist circumference and height were evaluated. After incorporating the effects of PA interventions on children and adolescents with overweight/obesity, PA could improve depressive and anxiety symptoms, but not obesity indexes except waist circumference. While, PA combined with other interventions have a significant effect both on anxiety symptoms and BMI compared to pure PA intervention. In terms of intervention duration, we observed that durations falling within the range of 8 to 24 weeks exhibited the most positive effects on reducing depressive symptoms.

FOR SHORT COMMUNICATIONS: We included 25 articles on the effects of physical activity on psychological states such as depression and anxiety, weight, BMI and other weight-related indicators in children and adolescents with overweight/obesity. We attempted to determine the most appropriate type of physical activity intervention for children and adolescents with overweight/obesity, as well as the most appropriate population characteristics and duration by combining the outcome data from each article. This has a great enlightening effect for health workers to carry out corresponding strategies in the future.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:354

Enthalten in:

Journal of affective disorders - 354(2024) vom: 01. Apr., Seite 275-285

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Chen, Lan [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Qin [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Fenglin [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Fengming [VerfasserIn]
Luo, Shunqing [VerfasserIn]
An, Xizhou [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Jinyu [VerfasserIn]
Tang, Ni [VerfasserIn]
Jiang, Xiaoping [VerfasserIn]
Liang, Xiaohua [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Anxiety
Children/adolescents
Depression
Journal Article
Meta-Analysis
Meta-analysis
Overweight/obesity
Physical activity
Review

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Date Completed 15.04.2024

Date Revised 15.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jad.2024.02.092

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM369802705