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This study employs a three-level meta-analysis to assess the effects of exercise interventions on inhibitory control in overweight and obese children and adolescents, and further explores the dose\u2013response relationship to identify the optimal intervention dosage.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Systematic searches were conducted in the PubMed, Web of Science, Embase, Cochrane Library, and CNKI databases to identify relevant studies. Hedges\u2019 g was used as the measure of effect size, and a three-level random-effects model was implemented using the metafor package in R to address the dependency of multiple effect sizes within individual studies.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      A total of 11 studies from four countries, involving 787 overweight and obese children and adolescents (average age: 8.75\u201314.06\u202fyears), were included. The meta-analysis revealed that exercise interventions significantly improved inhibitory control in this population, with consistent findings across both the three-level model (\n                      <jats:italic>g<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u202f=\u202f0.41,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u202f=\u202f0.002) and the traditional two-level model (\n                      <jats:italic>g<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u202f=\u202f0.45,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u202f&amp;lt;\u202f0.001). Nonlinear regression analysis using restricted cubic splines showed that the improvement in inhibitory control followed a nonlinear pattern within a specific dosage range, with the optimal intervention being approximately 49 exercise sessions, each lasting 48\u202fmin. Additionally, linear meta-regression revealed a significant negative linear relationship between BMI and intervention effect (\n                      <jats:italic>\u03b2<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u202f=\u202f\u22120.13,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u202f=\u202f0.027).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Exercise interventions significantly enhance inhibitory control in overweight and obese children and adolescents. Based on current evidence, approximately 49 exercise sessions, each lasting about 48\u202fmin, may represent a potentially beneficial intervention dosage for improving inhibitory control. However, given the very low certainty of evidence, these findings should be interpreted cautiously and considered hypothesis-generating rather than definitive clinical recommendations.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Systematic review registration<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      <jats:ext-link>PROSPERO<\/jats:ext-link>\n                      , CRD420251163768.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fpsyg.2026.1870462","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,6,17]],"date-time":"2026-06-17T05:57:39Z","timestamp":1781675859000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Optimal dosage of exercise interventions for enhancing inhibitory control in overweight and obese children and adolescents: insights from a multilevel meta-analysis"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"17","author":[{"given":"Pengfei","family":"Wang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Physical Education and Health, Guangxi Normal University","place":["Guangxi, China"]},{"name":"Department of Sports and Leisure, Dongshin University","place":["Naju, Republic of Korea"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hongyu","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Physical Education and Health, Guangxi Normal University","place":["Guangxi, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yu","family":"Miao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Physical Education and Health, Guangxi Normal University","place":["Guangxi, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jinrong","family":"He","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Physical Education, Shanghai University of Sport","place":["Shanghai, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ting","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Competitive Sports, Beijing Sport University","place":["Beijing, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Zhongxu","family":"Hu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Moray House School of Education and Sport, University of Edinburgh","place":["Edinburgh, United Kingdom"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Zilong","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Physical Education, Jimei University","place":["Xiamen, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Xianyang","family":"Xin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Capital University of Physical Education and Sports","place":["Beijing, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Tiance","family":"Jiang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Physical Education Institute, Tomsk State University","place":["Tomsk Oblast, Russia"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yongqing","family":"Guo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Capital University of Physical Education and Sports","place":["Beijing, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Zhongwei","family":"Zhao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Sports Science, Shenyang Normal University","place":["Shenyang, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Dong","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Physical Education and Health, Zhaoqing University","place":["Zhaoqing, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,6,17]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"257","DOI":"10.1007\/s40279-023-01927-9","article-title":"The perils of misinterpreting and misusing \u201cpublication bias\u201d in meta-analyses: An education review on funnel plot-based methods","volume":"54","author":"Afonso","year":"2024","journal-title":"Sports Med."},{"key":"ref2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"837","DOI":"10.1136\/adc.2005.071761","article-title":"Principles of evidence based medicine","volume":"90","author":"Akobeng","year":"2005","journal-title":"Arch. 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