What is it about?
This study examined the effects of a recreational football program (6 month; 3 times a week, 90 minutes each session) on diferentes health markers (body composition, cardiometabolic risk factors; cardiorespiratory fitness and psychological well-being), The results showed that recreation football is an effective strategy to improve health and quality of life in obese boys
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Why is it important?
Is very important because now we have a new non-pharmacological strategy that we can use to improve health and quality of life in obese boys
Perspectives
Recreational football is a new strategy to improve childhood obesity.
Professor Andre Seabra
Centro de Investigação em Actividade Fìsica, Saúde e Lazer (CIAFEL), Faculdade de Desporto, Universidade do Porto
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This page is a summary of: Effects of 6-month soccer and traditional physical activity programmes on body composition, cardiometabolic risk factors, inflammatory, oxidative stress markers and cardiorespiratory fitness in obese boys, Journal of Sports Sciences, February 2016, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/02640414.2016.1140219.
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