The impact of logical reasoning games in the fight against childhoodhood obesity: evaluation of a post-intervention follow-up study
International Journal of Development Research
The impact of logical reasoning games in the fight against childhoodhood obesity: evaluation of a post-intervention follow-up study
Received 28th May, 2021; Received in revised form 19th June, 2021; Accepted 26th July, 2021; Published online 29th August, 2021
Copyright © 2021, Ariane Q. Sousa et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Follow-up studies are needed to evaluate the results obtained after an intervention. The objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of an intervention with logical reasoning games on sedentary lifestyles and childhood obesity, six months after its completion. This is an interdisciplinary, retrospective, longitudinal, applied, exploratory research involving schoolchildren. The variable studied was the level of physical activity (PA) using as instrument the Physical Activity Questionnaire for Older Children (PAQ-C). From the original sample of 115 children (8 to 10 years old), 70 were followed (n = 45, case; n = 25, control). There was a reduction in PA practice in the case group (-0.78; p<0.001). That is, the increase in PA practice obtained after the application of the games was not maintained, indicating the importance of continuing interventions to combat childhood obesity to maintain the results.
