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Received: 18 July 2017

Accepted: 19 February 2018

First Online: 27 February 2018

Authors' information

: CCWY and RCHS are Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist through the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA), SWLW is a psychologist, FSFL is a sports coach and a qualified physical education teacher in Hong Kong, DFYC is a specialist in developmental and behavioural paediatrics.

: This proposal is approved by Human Research Ethics Committee of the Education University (Ref. No.: 2016-2017-0223). An information fact sheet and a consent form will be distributed to the front-line healthcare providers and parents after an introductory talk of the program. They understand the benefits and risks involved in the program, and their participation in the program is voluntary. They have the right to question any part of the procedure and can withdraw at any time without negative consequences. The completed consent form will be collected by the research team before the study commences.

: An information fact sheet with a consent form or a parental consent form of the whole project including consent for publication will be distributed to the front-line health providers who are going to implement the exercise program and the parents respectively. They understand that information obtained from this research may be used in future research and may be published. However, their right to privacy will be retained, i.e., participants’ personal details will not be revealed.

: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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