Background. Given the @entity65 ( @entity65 ) related importance of understanding the true effects of exercise on adiposity in overweight and @entity28 @entity1 and adolescents, this study examined whether there is evidential value to rule out excessive and inappropriate reporting of statistically significant results, a major problem in the published literature, with respect to exercise-induced improvements in BMI z-score among overweight and @entity28 @entity1 and adolescents. Methods. Using data from a previous meta-analysis of 10 published studies that included 835 overweight and @entity28 @entity1 and adolescents, a novel, recently developed approach (p-curve) was used to test for evidential value and rule out selective reporting of findings. Chi-squared tests (   (2)) were used to test for statistical significance with alpha (p) values <0.05 considered statistically significant. Results. Six of 10 findings (60%) were statistically significant. Statistically significant right-skew to rule out selective reporting was found (   (2) = 38.8, p = 0.0001). Conversely, studies neither lacked evidential value (   (2) = 6.8, p = 0.87) nor lacked evidential value and were intensely p-hacked (   (2) = 4.3, p = 0.98). Conclusion. Evidential value results confirm that exercise reduces BMI z-score in overweight and @entity28 @entity1 and adolescents, an important therapeutic strategy for treating and preventing @entity65 .

Evidential Value That Exercise Improves BMI z-Score in Overweight and Obese XXXX and Adolescents.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['children'] @entity65 :: ('MESH:D002318', 'Disease') :: ['cardiovascular disease', 'CVD'] @entity28 :: ('MESH:D009765', 'Disease') :: ['obese']
@entity1 :: (9606,Species) :: ['Children']
