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  • Exercising opportunities to prevent chronic disease: The CAPO Kids trial

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    Author(s)
    Nogueira, Rossana Candiota
    Primary Supervisor
    Beck, Belinda
    Weeks, Ben
    Year published
    2015
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    Abstract
    Physical activity is considered to be an effective strategy to improve children’s health and reduce the risk of developing chronic diseases; osteoporosis and obesity being two examples with particularly high morbidity and increased mortality. An exercise program to improve both bone and reduce fat would be ideal. Problematically, bone is known to respond primarily to brief bouts of high-impact activity, while the traditional exercise recommendation to reduce fat is longer duration, low to moderate intensity aerobic activity. The overall aim of the current work was to develop a novel exercise program for pre and peripubertal ...
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    Physical activity is considered to be an effective strategy to improve children’s health and reduce the risk of developing chronic diseases; osteoporosis and obesity being two examples with particularly high morbidity and increased mortality. An exercise program to improve both bone and reduce fat would be ideal. Problematically, bone is known to respond primarily to brief bouts of high-impact activity, while the traditional exercise recommendation to reduce fat is longer duration, low to moderate intensity aerobic activity. The overall aim of the current work was to develop a novel exercise program for pre and peripubertal children to improve bone and minimise the accumulation of fat. The thesis describes four studies, presented as two published manuscripts, one in press and another under review. In the first study, we conducted a comprehensive systematic review, to determine the effects of previous bone-targeted exercise interventions on bone, muscle and fat in school-age children. Meta-analyses were conducted to quantify the findings of the sixteen studies included in the review. We concluded that improvements in fat have previously been observed as secondary benefits of bone-targeted in-school exercise programs.
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    Thesis Type
    Thesis (PhD Doctorate)
    Degree Program
    Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
    School
    School of Allied Health
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.25904/1912/3453
    Copyright Statement
    The author owns the copyright in this thesis, unless stated otherwise.
    Item Access Status
    Public
    Subject
    Bones
    Muscles
    Physical education for children
    Physical fitness for children
    CapoKids
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/365819
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    • Theses - Higher Degree by Research

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