Optimal dosage of exercise interventions for enhancing inhibitory control in overweight and obese children and adolescents: insights from a multilevel meta-analysis
Pengfei Wang, Hongyu Wang, Yu Miao, Jinrong He, Ting Wang, Zhongxu Hu, Zilong Wang, Xianyang Xin, Tiance Jiang, Yongqing Guo, Zhongwei Zhao, Dong Li · 2026
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Pengfei Wang and a large team present a 2026 multilevel meta-analysis of exercise and self-control. Their population is children and teenagers living with overweight or obesity. Such young people often show weaker inhibitory control. The authors also hunt for the best exercise dose.
Searches across five databases found 11 studies from four countries. Together they covered 787 young people aged about 9 to 14 years. Exercise improved inhibitory control in the pooled results. The three-level model gave an effect size of 0.41 for that gain. Dose analysis suggested an optimum near 49 sessions of about 48 minutes each. Heavier body mass slightly weakened the benefit. The authors stress the evidence certainty is very low, so the dose is tentative.
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| CREATOR | Pengfei Wang, Hongyu Wang, Yu Miao, Jinrong He, Ting Wang, Zhongxu Hu, Zilong Wang, Xianyang Xin, Tiance Jiang, Yongqing Guo, Zhongwei Zhao, Dong Li |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 48520 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |