TY - JOUR

T1 - 'FIFA 11 for Health' for Europe. II:

T2 - Effect on health markers and physical fitness in Danish schoolchildren aged 10-12 years

AU - Ørntoft, Christina Øyangen

AU - Fuller, Colin W

AU - Larsen, Malte Nejst

AU - Bangsbo, Jens

AU - Dvorak, Jiri

AU - Krustrup, Peter

N1 - CURIS 2016 NEXS 118

PY - 2016

Y1 - 2016

N2 - Objectives To evaluate whether a modified ‘FIFA 11 for Health’ programme for non-communicable diseases had effects on body composition, blood pressure and physical fitness of Danish schoolchildren aged 10–12 years.Design A cluster-randomised controlled study with 7 intervention and 2 control schools.Participants 546 Danish 5th grade municipal schoolchildren allocated to an intervention group (IG; n=402: 11.1±0.4 (±SD) years, 150.1±7.0 cm,41.3±8.4 kg) and a control group (CG; n=144: 11.0±0.5 years, 151.2±7.8 cm, 41.3±9.0 kg).Intervention As part of the physical education (PE) curriculum, IG carried out 2 weekly 45 min ‘FIFA 11 for Health’ sessions focusing on health issues, football skills and 3v3 games. CG continued regular school PE activities. Measurements of body composition, blood pressure at rest, Yo-Yo intermittent recovery level 1children’s test (YYIR1C), balance, jump and sprint performance were performed before and after the 11-week study period.Results During the 11-week study period, systolic blood pressure (−3.5 vs 0.9 mm Hg), mean arterial blood pressure (−1.9 vs 0.4 mm Hg), body mass index(−0.02 vs 0.13 kg/m2) and body fat percentage (−0.83% vs −0.04%) decreased more ( p<0.05) in IG than in CG. Within-group improvements (p<0.05) wereobserved in IG for 20 m sprint (4.09±0.29 to 4.06±0.28 s) and YYIR1C performance (852±464 to 896±517 m), but these changes were not significantly different from CG, and balance or jump performance remained unchanged in both groups.Conclusions The modified ‘FIFA 11 for Health’ programme has beneficial effects on body composition and blood pressure for Danish schoolchildren aged 10–12 years, thereby providing evidence that this football-based health education programme can directly impact participants’ cardiovascular health profile.

AB - Objectives To evaluate whether a modified ‘FIFA 11 for Health’ programme for non-communicable diseases had effects on body composition, blood pressure and physical fitness of Danish schoolchildren aged 10–12 years.Design A cluster-randomised controlled study with 7 intervention and 2 control schools.Participants 546 Danish 5th grade municipal schoolchildren allocated to an intervention group (IG; n=402: 11.1±0.4 (±SD) years, 150.1±7.0 cm,41.3±8.4 kg) and a control group (CG; n=144: 11.0±0.5 years, 151.2±7.8 cm, 41.3±9.0 kg).Intervention As part of the physical education (PE) curriculum, IG carried out 2 weekly 45 min ‘FIFA 11 for Health’ sessions focusing on health issues, football skills and 3v3 games. CG continued regular school PE activities. Measurements of body composition, blood pressure at rest, Yo-Yo intermittent recovery level 1children’s test (YYIR1C), balance, jump and sprint performance were performed before and after the 11-week study period.Results During the 11-week study period, systolic blood pressure (−3.5 vs 0.9 mm Hg), mean arterial blood pressure (−1.9 vs 0.4 mm Hg), body mass index(−0.02 vs 0.13 kg/m2) and body fat percentage (−0.83% vs −0.04%) decreased more ( p<0.05) in IG than in CG. Within-group improvements (p<0.05) wereobserved in IG for 20 m sprint (4.09±0.29 to 4.06±0.28 s) and YYIR1C performance (852±464 to 896±517 m), but these changes were not significantly different from CG, and balance or jump performance remained unchanged in both groups.Conclusions The modified ‘FIFA 11 for Health’ programme has beneficial effects on body composition and blood pressure for Danish schoolchildren aged 10–12 years, thereby providing evidence that this football-based health education programme can directly impact participants’ cardiovascular health profile.

U2 - 10.1136/bjsports-2016-096124

DO - 10.1136/bjsports-2016-096124

M3 - Journal article

C2 - 27130927

VL - 50

SP - 1394

EP - 1399

JO - British Journal of Sports Medicine

JF - British Journal of Sports Medicine

SN - 0306-3674

IS - 22

ER -