The review was registered ( Number CRD42013004632 ) on PROSPERO , the International Prospect i ve Register of Systematic Review s. Results The results indicated that PA is associated with significant and beneficial changes in fat percentage , waist circumference , systolic blood pressure , insulin , low-density lipoprotein cholesterol , and total cholesterol , as well as with small non-significant changes in diastolic blood pressure , glucose , and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol .
Conclusion Although limited , results from controlled trials suggest that PA intervention may improve physical fitness and risk factors for cardiovascular disease in adolescents who are overweight or obese
Background The increasing prevalence of obesity in the pediatric age range has become a major concern .
Studies have investigated the role of physical activity ( PA ) to prevent obesity in this population .
However , previous review s did not focus on the effects of PA in overweight/obese adolescents on physical fitness and risk factors for cardiovascular disease altogether .
Objective The present systematic review analyzed trials investigating the effect of PA on aerobic capacity , muscle strength , body composition , hemodynamic variables , biochemical markers , and endothelial function in obese/overweight adolescents .
Preventing and treating childhood obesity: time to target fathers
Objective : To examine the long-term effects of having one overweight or obese parent on child weight status and determine whether these effects vary according to parent sex . Design : Prospect i ve study : Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC).Subjects : Two-parent families ( N=3285 ) from the LSAC were included if height and weight data were available for both parents and their child at the 2004 and 2008 time points . Measurements : Child weight status category ( healthy , overweight , obese ) in 2008 when the child was aged 8–9 years . Regression modelling was used to investigate how self-reported parent weight status in 2004 influenced measured child weight status 4 years later . Results : Parent body mass index ( BMI ) was significantly correlated with child BMI , but there was no evidence of sex-specific associations between parent and child BMI correlations . The results from the regression analysis showed that having an overweight or obese father , but a healthy weight mother , significantly increased the odds of child obesity ( odds ratio : 4.18 , 95 % confidence interval ( CI ) : 1.01–17.33 and odds ratio : 14.88 , 95 % CI : 2.61–84.77 , respectively ) , but the reverse scenario ( overweight or obese mother with a healthy weight father ) was not a significant predictor of child overweight or obesity ( odds ratio : 2.52 , 95 % CI : 0.38–16.71 and odds ratio : 2.56 , 95 % CI : 0.31–21.26 , respectively ) . Conclusions : Children with overweight or obese fathers are at a higher risk of becoming obese . This suggests that interventions are urgently required to test the efficacy of treating overweight fathers as a key strategy for childhood obesity prevention and /or treatment
The review was registered ( Number CRD42013004632 ) on PROSPERO , the International Prospect i ve Register of Systematic Review s. Results The results indicated that PA is associated with significant and beneficial changes in fat percentage , waist circumference , systolic blood pressure , insulin , low-density lipoprotein cholesterol , and total cholesterol , as well as with small non-significant changes in diastolic blood pressure , glucose , and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol .
Conclusion Although limited , results from controlled trials suggest that PA intervention may improve physical fitness and risk factors for cardiovascular disease in adolescents who are overweight or obese
Background The increasing prevalence of obesity in the pediatric age range has become a major concern .
Studies have investigated the role of physical activity ( PA ) to prevent obesity in this population .
However , previous review s did not focus on the effects of PA in overweight/obese adolescents on physical fitness and risk factors for cardiovascular disease altogether .
Objective The present systematic review analyzed trials investigating the effect of PA on aerobic capacity , muscle strength , body composition , hemodynamic variables , biochemical markers , and endothelial function in obese/overweight adolescents .