Title

Body composition, physical fitness and cardiometabolic risk following 12-week multimodal exercise program: A randomized controlled trial

Authors

K. Senthil¹,*, G. Velmurugan², S. Murali³, R.V. Vijayakumar⁴ & Gandhi Kuppusamy⁵

Affiliation

¹Department of Physiotherapy, School of Physiotherapy, Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth Deemed University, Puducherry, India; ²Department of Physiotherapy, Shanmuga College of Physiotherapy, Vinayaka mission University, Karaikal, India; ³Department of Physiotherapy, St. Peters institute of higher education, Bangalore, India; ⁴Department of Physiotherapy, The Oxford college of physiotherapy, Bangalore, India; ⁵Department of Physiotherapy, PPG College of Physiotherapy, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India; *Corresponding author

Email

K. Senthil - E-mail: k.sendil23@gmail.com; Phone: +91 8667701494
G Velmurugan - E-mail: principal.scpt@vmu.edu.in; Phone: +91 8838185057
S Murali - E-mail: murali.s.dr@gmail.com; Phone: +91 8618072264
R.V. Vijayakumar - E-mail: rvvijayphysio@gmail.com; Phone: +91 8073406242
Gandhi Kuppusamy - E-mail: gandhiraj827@gmail.com; Phone: +91 6374761509

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received September 1, 2026; Revised September 30, 2026; Accepted September 30, 2026, Published September 30, 2026
 

Abstract

Childhood obesity increases the risk of cardiometabolic disorders and adversely affects physical and psychosocial health. Therefore, it is of interest to evaluate the 12-week multimodal exercise programme in obese children aged 8–12 years attending a tertiary care hospital. The intervention combined aerobic, resistance and flexibility training and was compared with standard lifestyle counselling. The exercise programme significantly improved BMI z-score, body fat percentage, VO₂max, insulin sensitivity, lipid profile and health-related quality of life without serious adverse events. Thus, data shows that multimodal exercise programmes into routine paediatric obesity management to improve health outcomes.

Keywords

Childhood obesity, multimodal exercise, aerobic training, resistance training, body composition, cardiorespiratory fitness, insulin resistance, paediatric, randomized controlled trial

Citation

Senthil et al. Bioinformation 22(9): 6036-6040 (2026)

Edited by

Ritik Kashwani

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.