School-based exercise programs for promoting cardiorespiratory fitness in overweight and obese children aged 6 to 10Mijalković, Stefan (Avtor) Stanković, Dušan (Avtor) Tomljanović, Mario (Avtor) Batez, Maja (Avtor) Grle, Maki (Avtor) Grle, Ivana (Avtor) Brkljačić, Ivan (Avtor) Jularić, Josip (Avtor) Sporiš, Goran (Avtor) Žilič Fišer, Suzana (Avtor) physical activityphysical fitnessmotor competencechildrenhealthmonitoring and promotingsportsedentary behaviorobesitywell-beingThe aim of this study was to conduct a systematic review of the school-based exercise programs for promoting cardiorespiratory fitness in overweight and obese children aged 6 to 10. Electronic databases (Web of Science and PubMed) were used as searching tools for collecting adequate studies published in the past 20 years. A total of 13 studies met the criteria for inclusion in this review, with a total of 2810 participants, both male and female. According to the results of this systematic review, overweight and obese children aged 6 to 10 who underwent certain interventions had their CRF improved. Furthermore, evidence suggested that interventions carried out during a longer period of time suggested led to greater improvement of cardiorespiratory fitness than a shorter one, but the level of cardiorespiratory fitness gradually decreases after the intervention.MDPI AG20222025-04-07 09:08:13Članek v reviji92408UDK: 796.01COBISS_ID: 119735043DOI: 10.3390/children9091323ISSN pri članku: 2227-9067sl© 2022 by the authors