Goutham Rao, Steven L Kanter
Physician numeracy as the basis for an evidence-based medicine curriculum
Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges
recently concept physical literacy pl emerged key concept promoting active behavior improving health indicators adolescents overweight obese adolescents low level physical activity pa low cardiorespiratory capacity high body fat percentage bf however development pl interest health improvement never studied overweight obese adolescents objective study evaluate impact intervention developing pl overweight obese adolescents order increase pa improve health study prospective singlearm nonrandomized interventional study intervention brings together different actions pa dietary education different adolescent living environments study took place 9month period two data collection times 0 9 months measured body mass index bmi bmi z score bf skeletal muscle mass smm moderatetovigorous intensity physical activity mvpa accelerometry crf well pl capl2 tool thirteen adolescents age 117 109 years old improved pl scores 83 93 pts p 001 bmi z score 03 03 p 001 bf 38 49 p 001 crf 15 17 mlminkg1 p 001 mvpa 46 137 minday p 036 initiating multidimensional interventions develop pl overweight obese adolescents may promising prospect enable increase mvpa improve longterm health longerterm randomized controlled interventional studies needed confirm findings