Exercise Improves Executive Function and Achievement and Alters Brain Activation in Overweight Children: A Randomized Controlled Trial

OBJECTIVE: This experiment tested the hypothesis that exercise would improve executive function. DESIGN: Sedentary, overweight 7- to 11-year-old children (N = 171, 56% female, 61% Black, M ± SD age 9.3 ± 1.0 yrs, body mass index (BMI) 26 ± 4.6 kg/m(2), BMI z-score 2.1 ± 0.4) were randomized to 13 ±...

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Main Authors: Davis, Catherine L., Tomporowski, Phillip D., McDowell, Jennifer E., Austin, Benjamin P., Miller, Patricia H., Yanasak, Nathan E., Allison, Jerry D., Naglieri, Jack A.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2011
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3057917/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21299297
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0021766
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