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Abstract Background: Increasing amount of time that people spend using computers, playing video games and watching television is a major factor in rising rates of obesity. Children who were heavily engaged in social networking have an increased chance of developing anxiety issues and, antisocial personality disorder. Aerobic exercises have positive effects on self-esteem, self-confidence and behavior in children and youth. The aim of work was to study the effect of aerobic exercise on introvert overweight children. Subjects and Methods: One hundred introvert overweight boys were chosen from private preparatory school by introversion scale and Body Mass Index. Quasi-experimental design was used in this study. Their ages ranged from 13-15 years. Treatment program was one hour; composed of 30 minutes of group therapy exercises, 15 minutes of treadmill and 15 minutes of bicycle for 3 sessions per week extended for three months, which performed for children and measured introversion characteristic and weight after it. Results: Data shows that after 3 months of treatment with aerobic exercises there was improvement in both introversion and over weight(83%),improvement in only introversion(5%), improvement only in overweight(8%) and there is no improvement in(4%)of sample. Conclusion: Aerobic exercises showed significant statically and clinically improvement in both introversion and weight at introverted overweight children |