Does physical education modify the body composition? - Results of a longitudinal study of pre-school children
- The aim of the study is the analysis of body composition, motor development and cardiovascular parameters of preschool-children. In 2001/2002 a longitudinal study started in 17 nursery schools in Berlin. A total of 160 children out of the 264 children participated in a regular exercise programme. After 24 months of training significant differences of body composition, motor skills and cardiovascular parameters between 5 complete year old children of the intervention and the control group were observed. The results show that such an exercise programme is successful as a preventive measure to decrease the risk of obesity.
| Author details: | Christiane SchefflerORCiDGND, Kerstin Ketelhut, Iman Mohasseb |
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| Publication type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Year of first publication: | 2007 |
| Publication year: | 2007 |
| Release date: | 2017/03/24 |
| Source: | Anthropologischer Anzeiger. - 65 (2007), 2, S. 193 - 201 |
| Organizational units: | Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Biochemie und Biologie |
