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A Novel High-Intensity Short Interval Dance Intervention (THANDAV) to Improve Physical Fitness in Asian Indian Adolescent Girls

Publication: Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics
Volume 23, Issue Number 9

Abstract

Background: There exist several barriers to physical activity (PA) among adolescent girls. We therefore developed a culturally acceptable dance/fitness intervention called THANDAV (Taking High-Intensity Interval Training [HIIT] ANd Dance to Adolescents for Victory over noncommunicable diseases [NCDs]). The main aim of this study was to evaluate the THANDAV protocol among Asian Indian girls aged 10 to 17 years.
Materials and Methods: THANDAV consisted of a 10-min routine with high- and low-intensity dance steps that was taught to 23 adolescent girls. Heart rate (HR), energy expenditure, body mass index (BMI), and blood pressure (BP) were recorded. Focused group discussions (FGDs) were conducted after the quantitative measurements were completed.
Results: The average age of the girls was 13.9 ± 2.1 years, and the mean BMI and BP were 19.8 ± 3.3 kg/m2 and 107/68 (±8/7) mm/Hg, respectively. All participants achieved 80% of their maximum HR during the first dance and managed to sustain this HR throughout the 10-min routine. There was a significant increase in the HR (bpm) [88.7 ± 8.4 to 195.6 ± 11.8, P < 0.001] and VO2 (L/min) [0.025 ± 0.0 to 0.395 ± 0.1, P < 0.001] postintervention. The average energy cost of the activity (metabolic equivalent) was 6.3. The FGDs revealed that THANDAV was a socially acceptable, fun, and energetic form of PA.
Conclusions: The THANDAV intervention meets HIIT norms and is a novel culturally appropriate form of PA that is enjoyable, takes little time, and can be done at home. It has the potential to be a sustainable intervention to improve cardiorespiratory fitness and prevent NCDs in Asian Indian adolescent girls.
Clinical Trials Registry of India: CTRI/2020/02/023384.

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cover image Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics
Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics
Volume 23Issue Number 9September 2021
Pages: 623 - 631
PubMed: 33761291

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Published online: 1 September 2021
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Ranjit Mohan Anjana [email protected]
Dr. Mohan's Diabetes Specialities Centre and Madras Diabetes Research Foundation, Chennai, India.
Sharma Nitika
Dr. Mohan's Diabetes Specialities Centre and Madras Diabetes Research Foundation, Chennai, India.
Srishti Sinha
Division of Nutrition, St. John's Research Institute, Bengaluru, India.
Rebecca Kuriyan
Division of Nutrition, St. John's Research Institute, Bengaluru, India.
Rajendra Pradeepa
Dr. Mohan's Diabetes Specialities Centre and Madras Diabetes Research Foundation, Chennai, India.
Colin Palmer
Division of Population Health and Genomics, University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom.
Anura V. Kurpad
Division of Nutrition, St. John's Research Institute, Bengaluru, India.
Dr. Mohan's Diabetes Specialities Centre and Madras Diabetes Research Foundation, Chennai, India.
Jim Sallis
UC San Diego, Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science, San Diego, California, USA.
Australian Catholic University, Mary Mackillop Institute for Health Research, Melbourne, Australia.
Dr. Mohan's Diabetes Specialities Centre and Madras Diabetes Research Foundation, Chennai, India.

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Address correspondence to: Ranjit Mohan Anjana, MD, Dip Diab (UK), PhD, FACP, FICP, FRCP (Glasg, Edin & Lond.), FACE, Madras Diabetes Research Foundation, ICMR Centre for Advanced Research on Diabetes, No 4, Conran Smith Road, Gopalapuram, Chennai 600 086, India [email protected]
Harish Ranjani, Certified Diabetes Educator (CDE), PhD, Madras Diabetes Research Foundation, ICMR Centre for Advanced Research on Diabetes, No 4, Conran Smith Road, Gopalapuram, Chennai 600 086, India [email protected]

Authors' Contributions

Conceptualization of the article and writing the initial draft were carried out by R.M.A. and H.R.; Methodology was done by S.N., S.S., R.K., A.V.K., R.M.A., and H.R.; data curation was done by S.S., S.N., and H.R.; review and editing were by all authors. All authors have read and approved the final version of the article, and agree with the order of presentation of the authors.

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The project has been funded by National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) under the grant number-MR/T003626/1.

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