School-Based Exercise Programs for Promoting Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Overweight and Obese Children Aged 6 to 10
Stefan Mijalković,
Dušan Stanković,
Mario Tomljanović,
Maja Batez,
Maki Grle,
Ivana Grle,
Ivan Brkljačić,
Josip Jularić,
Goran Sporiš,
Suzana Žilič Fišer
Affiliations
Stefan Mijalković
Faculty of Sport and Physical Education, University of Niš, 18000 Niš, Serbia
Dušan Stanković
Faculty of Sport and Physical Education, University of Niš, 18000 Niš, Serbia
Mario Tomljanović
Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Split, Ruđera Boškovića 31, 21000 Split, Croatia
Maja Batez
Faculty of Sport and Physical Education, University of Novi Sad, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia
Maki Grle
Orthopedic Clinical Department, University Clinical Hospital in Mostar, 88000 Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ivana Grle
Clinical Department for Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University Clinical Hospital in Mostar, 88000 Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ivan Brkljačić
Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Josip Jularić
Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Goran Sporiš
Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Suzana Žilič Fišer
Institute of Media Communications, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Maribor, Koroška Cesta 46, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia
The aim of this study was to conduct a systematic review of the school-based exercise programs for promoting cardiorespiratory fitness in overweight and obese children aged 6 to 10. Electronic databases (Web of Science and PubMed) were used as searching tools for collecting adequate studies published in the past 20 years. A total of 13 studies met the criteria for inclusion in this review, with a total of 2810 participants, both male and female. According to the results of this systematic review, overweight and obese children aged 6 to 10 who underwent certain interventions had their CRF improved. Furthermore, evidence suggested that interventions carried out during a longer period of time suggested led to greater improvement of cardiorespiratory fitness than a shorter one, but the level of cardiorespiratory fitness gradually decreases after the intervention.
