We Run This City: Impact of a Community–School Fitness Program on Obesity, Health, and Fitness
ORIGINAL RESEARCH — Volume 15 — May 3, 2018
PEER REVIEWED
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Total distance walked, jogged, or run (training dosage) by students followed over the 12- to 14-week training period for the We Run This City Youth Marathon Program, Cleveland, Ohio, 2009–2012. Students participated in a segment of 1.2 miles, 6.2 miles (10K), or 13.1 miles (half marathon). Body mass index (BMI) was based on BMI-for-age growth charts (normal weight, <85th percentile; overweight, 85th–94th percentile; obese, ≥95th percentile [https://www.cdc.gov/healthyweight/assessing/bmi/childrens_bmi/about_childrens_bmi.html]).
| Category | Training Dosage | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| <15 miles | 15–24 miles | ≥25 miles | P Value | |
| Total | 24.1 | 28.8 | 47.1 | Not applicable |
| Event | ||||
| 1.2 miles | 26.5 | 34.6 | 38.9 | .001 |
| 10K/Half marathon | 14.2 | 5.1 | 80.7 | |
| Sex | ||||
| Male | 21.7 | 30.1 | 48.3 | .170 |
| Female | 27.0 | 27.3 | 45.7 | |
| BMI | ||||
| Normal weight | 23.2 | 27.7 | 49.0 | .051 |
| Overweight | 20.1 | 32.3 | 47.6 | |
| Obese | 33.6 | 27.5 | 38.9 | |