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• TITLE: Physical and Psychological Well-Being in Overweight Children Participating in a Long-Term Intervention Based on Judo Practice

  AUTHORS: Wiebke Geertz, Anna-Sophie Dechow, Elzbieta Pohl, Birgit-Christiane Zyriax, Rainer Ganschow, Karl-Heinz Schulz

  KEYWORDS: Childhood Obesity, Exercise Intervention, Physical Performance, Mental Health, Judo

  JOURNAL NAME: Advances in Physical Education, Vol.7 No.1, February 28, 2017

  ABSTRACT: There is an increase of inactivity and overweight in children and adolescents which has a negative impact on their physical, motoric, emotional and cognitive development. This study examines changes in physical fitness and psychological well-being after participation in an intervention program offering a weekly professionally guided judo practice especially for overweight and obese children and adolescents. 26 overweight or obese children and adolescents (age 7 - 14) completed on average 28 sessions of judo training over a course of 12 months. Subjects completed a physical examination (stability, body composition, leg strength) and an assessment of psychological well-being (health-related quality of life, mental health problems) prior to entering the study, after 6 months and after completion of the training. We found significant changes in stability (p