Response of Lipid Profile to Virtual Reality Games Versus Moderate Aerobic Exercise Training in Children With Obesity

Response of Lipid Profile to Virtual Reality Games Versus Moderate Aerobic Exercise Training in Children With Obesity

This trial is aiming to study the effect of virtual reality video gaming in comparison with moderate intensity aerobic exercises on lipid profile in children with Obesity

The study will assess whether virtual reality games, dietary advices and moderate intensity aerobic exercise lead to significant differences in lipid profile in class I obese adolescent children. Additionally, the study will examine whether these interventions has impacts on the children body mass index.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Obese adolescent children
• age from 11 to 18 years old only.
• Class I Obesity (Body Mass Index from 30 to 34.99 kg/m2)
• Clinically and medically stable
• Without any impairment of sensation or other neurological or psychological problems.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Adolescents with visual and/or auditory defects
• Normal weight adolescent children (Body Mass Index from 18 to 24.99 kg/m2) or below average weight (BMI less than 18 kg/m2) or Class II and III Obesity (BMI above 35 kg/m2)
• Children with significant tightness and/or deformity of upper or lower limbs
• Participants with neurological disorders that affect balance or mentality (e.g. epilepsy).
• Adolescents with advanced radiographic changes include: Bone destruction, Bony ankylosis, Knee joint subluxation, and Epiphysial fracture)
• Any lower limb deformities in the lower limbs.
• Participants with cardiopulmonary diseases.
• Diabetic children or those under insulin therapy, uncontrolled bronchial asthma, anemia, and Pathological causes of obesity (endocrinal, genetic syndromes...etc.).