The Effect of After School Exercise New Sports Exercise Program on Physical Fitness and Obesity Factors among Obese Girls in Elementary School

Twenty five obese elementary school students were participated in this study. The students in the exercise group participated in an exercise program that applied T-ball, sports dodgeball, and chuke ball three times a week and 60 minutes a day for 12 weeks. The following conclusions were obtained as a result of examining the effects of the exercise program on physical fitness and obesity factors. First, weight and BMI in body composition decreased after participating 12 weeks of after school new sports exercise program. Second, among physical fitness factors, flexibility, power, and muscle strength. Third, in the obesity factors, Leptin decreased and Adiponectin increased, and Ghrelin decreased in the exercise group, but increased in the control group. In the consideration of results of this study, new sport activities are found to improve body composition among obese elementary school girls and to have positive effects on physical fitness and obesity-related hormone factors. Therefor, new sport activities need to be recommended to school-age obese children for their recognition of the importance exercise and life long participation in exercise by forming exercise habits in early age.