RT Journal Article
T1 Results of a 7-Week School-Based Physical Activity and Nutrition Pilot Program on Health-Related Parameters in Primary School Children in Southern Spain.
A1 Muros, José Joaquín
A1 Zabala, Mikel
A1 Oliveras-López, María-Jesús
A1 Ocaña-Lara, Francisco
A1 López García de la Serrana, Herminia
K1 Nutrition
K1 Physical activity
K1 Health
K1 Children
AB The goal of this study was to determine the effect of nutrition education combined with sessions of vigorous extracurricular physical activity (VEPA) on the improvement of health related parameters in children in primary education. The sample group consisted of 54 children in the fifth year of primary education divided into two groups: an intervention group (IG) of 25 students and a control group (CG) of 29 students. The intervention lasted 7 weeks and consisted of 13 sessions of VEPA combined with sessions of nutritional education that were attended by the students in the IG as well as their parents. During the intervention the IG showed a decrease in the body fat percentage, total cholesterol, cholesterol linked to low-density lipoproteins and blood pressure, together with an increase in cholesterol linked to high-density lipoproteins, and an improvement in the maximum oxygen uptake and dietary intake profile compared with the CG, which showed an increase in the percentage of fats and no significant changes (p < .05) in other parameters. The results of this study provide evidence that a 7-week program of nutritional education and vigorous short-duration physical activity can improve health related parameters in children.
PB Human Kinetics, Inc.
YR 2013
FD 2013-03-15
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10433/25006
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10433/25006
LA en
NO Pediatric Exercise Science, Volume 25: Issue 2
NO Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Granada University, Granada, Spain.
NO Department of Physical Education and Sports, Granada University, Granada, Spain.
NO Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry Engineering, Pablo de Olavide University, Sevilla, Spain.
NO Department of Statistics and Operations Research, Granada University, Granada, Spain.
DS RIO
RD May 9, 2026