Helping Children with Obesity "Move Well" To Move More: An Applied Clinical Review

Curr Sports Med Rep. 2021 Jul 1;20(7):374-383. doi: 10.1249/JSR.0000000000000861.ABSTRACTChildren with obesity experience musculoskeletal pain and reduced physical function and well-being, which collectively impact their fitness, strength, motor skills, and even their ability to undertake simple tasks, like walking and climbing stairs. Disrupting obesity-related disability may be critical to increasing children's physical activity. Thus, barriers to movement should be considered by health practitioners to improve the efficacy of prescribed physical activity. This applied clinical review highlights key subjective and objective findings from a hypothetical case scenario, linking those findings to the research evidence, before exploring strategies to enhance movement and increase physical activity.PMID:34234093 | DOI:10.1249/JSR.0000000000000861

Source: Current Sports Medicine Reports - July 8, 2021 Category: Sports Medicine Authors: Margarita D Tsiros Heather K Vincent Nancy Getchell Sarah P Shultz Source Type: research