Impact of an Effort Rehabilitation Program for Overweight/Obese Children/Teens on Quality of Life and Wellbeing

Eurofit tests are a physical skills assessment. For the study, tests performed on the 1st and the 13th session of the program, then 3 more times : 2 months, 6 months and 12 months after the 13th weekly session.

The CHQ is a questionnaire about quality of life. The CHQ children form (CHQ-CF87) and the CHQ parent form (CHQ-PF50) are completed each time the Eurofit tests are performed : at the 1st and 13th weekly session then 2 months, 6 months and 12 months later.

Part of the routine practice of the Pediatric Obesity and Pediatric Diabetes Organization of Mulhouse, the program consists in 13 sessions of 1hour30 of adapted physical activity. The physical activity in this program use cycles of games where rules are adapted to the overweight or obese children. The activities are performed in a playful atmosphere, for example using creative games like tchoukball or peteca, with each session aiming a specific objective each time.