AUTHOR=Branco Braulio Henrique Magnani , Mariano Isabela Ramos , de Oliveira Leonardo Pestillo , Bertolini Sônia Maria Marques Gomes , de Oliveira Fabiano Mendes , Araújo Cynthia Gobbi Alves , Adamo Kristi 

TITLE=Sports and Functional Training Improve a Subset of Obesity-Related Health Parameters in Adolescents: A Randomized Controlled Trial

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology

VOLUME=Volume 11 - 2020

YEAR=2021

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.589554

DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2020.589554

ISSN=1664-1078

ABSTRACT=To investigate the effects of two different modes of physical activity on body composition, physical fitness, cardiometabolic risk, and psychological responses in female adolescents participating in a multi-disciplinary program. The 12-week randomized intervention included 25-adolescents with overweight divided into two groups: sports practice-SPG and functional training-FTG. The SPG intervention was divided into three sports: basketball, handball, and futsal. SPG participants performed one sport 3-times/week, over the course of one month. The FTG performed concurrent exercises 3-times/week. This study was registered in the Clinical Trials Registry Platform. The intensity of physical exercises-PE was matched between groups by the rating of perceived exertion. The primary outcome was body composition, and secondary outcomes were physical fitness, cardiometabolic risk, and psychological responses. There was a significant time-effect for body mass, BMI, and LDL-c, all being reduced. There were increases over time for musculoskeletal mass, aerobic fitness, and HDL-c (p<0.05). There was a group x time interaction with body fat percentage being lower post-intervention in the SPG (p<0.05). No significant differences were observed for the other variables. Both PE models were effective in improving a subset of obesity-related health parameters. The findings should be extended by further investigation using more sophisticated measures of energy expenditure.