Table 1.

General characteristics of included meta-analyses.

Meta-analyses	Studies	Participants	Interventions	Outcomes
Atlantis et al. [42]	14	481 boys and girls 8–16 years of age ($\stackrel{-}{X}\pm \text{SD}$, 10.9 ± 1.5)	Supervised/unsupervised aerobics, strength training, aerobics + strength training; length ($\stackrel{-}{X}\pm \text{SD}$, 16 ± 7 weeks), frequency (2–5x week), duration (10–60 minutes per session), intensity (aerobics 60%–80% VO2max⁡; strength 50%–100% 10RM), compliance (51%–88%), minutes per week (120–180)	Body weight, BMI, percent body fat using DEXA, bioimpedence and hydrodensitometry, central obesity (waist circumference, waist-to-hip ratio, visceral adipose tissue)
McGovern et al. [43]	17	791 boys and girls (410 exercise, 381 control), approximately 5–18 years of age ($\stackrel{-}{X}\pm \text{SD}$, 11.9 ± 2.1)	Supervised/unsupervised aerobics, strength training, aerobics + strength training; length (6–104 weeks, $\stackrel{-}{X}\pm \text{SD}$, 23 ± 23), frequency (1–7x week, $\stackrel{-}{X}\pm \text{SD}$, 4 ± 1), duration (30–75 minutes per session, $\stackrel{-}{X}\pm \text{SD}$ = 53 ± 15), 90–200 minutes per week $(\stackrel{-}{X}\pm \text{SD}$ = 157 ± 34)	BMI + (kg/m2, z-score, percentile, percent overweight, adjusted for height), percent body fat

Notes: $\stackrel{-}{X}\pm \text{SD}$: mean ± standard deviation; VO_2max⁡: maximum oxygen consumption; BMI: body mass index; DEXA: dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry.