| Title: | Quick Review of the Report “Exercise Improves Executive Function and Achievement and Alters Brain Activation in Overweight Children: A Randomized, Controlled Trial” |
| Description: | This randomized, controlled trial examined whether exercise offered to sedentary, overweight children ages 7 to 11 improved executive function—defined as strategy execution when presented with a novel task—and academic performance in reading and math. |
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| Cover Date: | March 2012 |
| Web Release: | March 13, 2012 |
| Publication #: | WWC QREI0312 |
| Center/Program: | WWC |
| Associated Centers: | NCEE |
| Authors: | WWC |
| Type of Product: | Quick Review |
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