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Title: Programas de salud con objetivo de mejora de la salud cardiovascular en edad infantil y adolescencia
Author: Blanco Santero, Alberto
Tutor: Caneda Ferrón, Begoña  
Abstract: Nowadays, the rates of childhood overweight and obesity are increasing all over the world. Furthermore, this weight, which is over the recommended, is estimated to be extended into adulthood. Such excess of weight presents some appalling consequences for health, for instance, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, cancer¿ among other possible illness. With aim of preventing this increase, it is not only important the creation of school health programs, but also the promotion of physical activity and a healthy diet and lifestyle. The purpose of this review is to gather all the available evidence and to verify the effectiveness of the interventions that have been carried out in schools from all over the world, as a way to avert cardiovascular issues in children. In order to consider the matter in greater detail, the item search, which was carried out between March and June of 2019, has been done throughout three different databases: PubMed, Google Scholar and Cochrane Plus Overall, the review includes 16 articles, which are distributed in 14 clinical trials and 2 systematic revisions. Moreover, interventions have been allocated to three types: nutritional, sports and educational, the latter being the most frequent. The inescapable conclusion is that, the interventions have been a significant aid to improve, in general, the lifestyle of the participating children. Finally, it has been stated that those interventions which had an educational nature, as well as a sport component were more successful than the rest.
Keywords: cardiovascular diseases
childhood obesity
schools and physical activity
prevention
Document type: info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis
Issue Date: Jul-2019
Publication license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/  
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