TY - JOUR AU - Angel Tapia-Serrano, Miguel AU - J Pulido, Juan AU - Vaquero-Solís, Mikel AU - Cerro-Herrero, David AU - A Sánchez-Miguel, Pedro PY - 2020/09/30 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Systematic Review about the Effectiveness of Physical Activity Programs to Reduce Overweight and Obesity in School-Age Youth JF - Revista de Psicología del Deporte (Journal of Sport Psychology) JA - J Sports Psychol VL - 29 IS - 2 SE - Original Article DO - UR - https://mail.rpd-online.com/index.php/rpd/article/view/14 SP - 83–91 AB - <p>The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of intervention programs aimed to reduce overweight and obesity in young people. A total of 266 publications were selected, obtained by searching the databases: Pubmed (n = 83), Science Direct (n = 2091), Scopus (n = 100) and Web of Science (n = 107). After reading the abstract and full&nbsp;text, the selected studies were reduced 21. The age of the participants ranged from 6 to 16 years. The conclusions of the study were that the most effective programs were those that carried out two weekly sessions of physical activity, lasting 45 minutes, at a moderate and vigorous intensity.</p> ER -