El Deporte En Niños Obesos

School of Sports Science

Ecuador Project

Academic Year 2011-12

PHYSICAL EXERCISE
IN CHILDHOOD OBESITY

Student Name: Sergio Prado Martín
Group: M24
Personal Profile Number: 21031535

INDICE

INTRODUCTION....................................................……………………….……..3
WHAT IS OBESITY? ............................................……………………….……..4
CHILHOOD OBESITYMEASUREMENT............………………………………..5
Prevention of childhood obesity .......………………………………..6
Obesity and exercise ...............................………….……………………..9
* Cuenca Study (2008) ................................…………………….…………..9
* KILOGIP Study(2008) ...............................………………………………..10
Physical exercise ...............................……………………………………..11
Role of Physical Educationas a preventive factor against obesity ...............................……………………………………………………..12
Physical exercise in children .............……………………….………..14
* Types of exercise for children .............……………………..……………..15
* Quantity and intensity of exercise .............………………………………..16
* Way to do exercise.............……………………………………………..…..16
* Organizedsport .............………………………………….………...…..…..17
Recommendations for a healthy practice of physical exercise in overweight and obesity ……………………….…….…..17
DESIGNING RESISTANCE TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR OVERWEIGHT YOUTH ...................................……………………………………………………..17
* General Youth Resistance Training Guidelines …………………………..18
* Choice and Order of Exercise ………………………………………….…..18
* Training Intensity……………………………………………………..……..19
* Training Volume ……………………………………………………………..21
* Rest Interval Between Sets and Exercises ………………………………..22
* Repetition Velocity or Cadence ……………………………………..……..22
* Training Frequency …………………………………………………..……..23
Conclusion ……………………………………………………………….……..23
References ……………………………………………………………………..24

INTRODUCTION

"Spain beats USA in childhood obesity,"
On December 13, 2012 the ABC national newspaperopened its section of society with this news, "Childhood Obesity in Spain already exceeds that recorded in the U.S., because the pace of life, processed foods and lack of exercise “young people are sicker than adults" and have "more diabetes, more hypertension and heart diseases", says the surgeon and director of the Institute of Obesity (IOB), Dr. Adelard Caballero. A study by the World HealthOrganization (WHO) says that 65 percent of Spanish are overweight (two out of three), while in 1998 was around 35 percent. "
La Vanguardia that day added: "Spain has placed ahead of U.S. childhood obesity, with 19% of obese children in this country compared to 16% of Americans, a figure that is three times higher than 30 years ago."
Already in 2007, jumped all alarms, to check the alarming risein obesity rates in the infant stage. The Ministry of Health launched a campaign to prevent Childhood Obesity: "Breakfast is the key preventing obesity among children. For this reason, the Ministry of Health has decided to replace the advertising campaign: Wake up, eat breakfast, eat healthy and move!”
Its aim was to promote healthy eating habits since childhood; breakfast was chosen as all theexperts agree on the importance of the first meal of the day in the field of prevention. But it seems that people didn’t do that or simply it is not enough with a balanced breakfast.
The WHO (World Health Organization) published a note in March of last year (2011) (Fact Sheet No. 311) "Obesity and overweight," with some facts to consider:
• Since 1980, obesity has more than doubled worldwide.
•In 2008, 1500 million adults (20 and over) were overweight. Within this group, more than 200 million men and nearly 300 million women were obeses.
• 65% of the population lives in countries where overweight and obesity kill more people than underweight.
• In 2010, about 43 million children under five years old were overweight.
• Obesity can be...