A Novel High-Intensity Short Interval Dance Intervention (THANDAV) for Non-Communicable Disease Prevention Tailored to Asian Indian Adolescent Girls
Primary result · Step countsResult — go to the resultChange +1073 steps/dayAuthors' conclusion
THANDAV is a culturally acceptable HIIT-based dance intervention that improves leisure-time physical activity and reduces cardiometabolic risk in Asian Indian adolescent girls.
Study context
- Population
- Schoolgirls aged 13 to 15 years in two schools in Chennai, India2 schools
- Participants
- 108 participants
- Comparison
- THANDAV HIIT-based dance intervention vs control
- Primary endpoint
- Step counts
- Follow-up
- 12 weeks
Methodological detailstwo schools
- Two schools
Primary result
As reported in the abstract
Change
+1073 steps/day
Secondary outcomes
Metabolic, clinical and lifestyle parameters · 12 weeks
- Skeletal muscle mass
- +0.9 kg
- Body weight
- −0.7 kg
- Body fat percentage
- −2.0%
- BMI
- −0.3 kg/m²
- Waist circumference
- −1.0 cm
- Systolic BP
- −4 mm Hg
- Diastolic BP
- −4 mm Hg
- Resting heart rate
- −3 bpm
- Body fat mass
- −1.7 kg
- Moderate-to-vigorous physical activity
- +29.5 minutes/day
- Sleep
- +46.4 minutes/day
- Sedentary time
- −199.7 minutes/day
- Adolescence Stress Scale score
- −6.6
- Junk food consumption score
- −2.7
- Significantly favorable changes with THANDAV vs controls
- Intention-to-treat analysis
Acceptability (qualitative)
- THANDAV routines were time-efficient, enjoyable and easily fit into adolescents' busy schedules
Original publication
A Novel High-Intensity Short Interval Dance Intervention (THANDAV) for Non-Communicable Disease Prevention Tailored to Asian Indian Adolescent Girls. J Diabetes Sci Technol. Published 21 April 2025. doi:10.
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