Cardiorespiratory fitness in adolescents with obesity: a 6-month follow-up study
The aim of this study was to investigate whether the effects of a multidisciplinary intervention on cardiorespiratory fitness are maintained after 6-month follow-up in adolescents with obesity. One-hundred and seven adolescents with obesity were intentionally allocated in two groups: experimental or...
| Autores: | , , , , , , , , , |
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2017 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Sociedade Brasileira de Atividade Física e Saúde (SBAFS) |
| Repositorio: | Revista Brasileira de Atividade Física & Saúde (Online) |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:rbafs.ojs.emnuvens.com.br:article/10639 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://rbafs.org.br/RBAFS/article/view/10639 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Pediatric obesity Cardiorespiratory fitness Physical fitness Follow up Adolescents |
| Sumario: | The aim of this study was to investigate whether the effects of a multidisciplinary intervention on cardiorespiratory fitness are maintained after 6-month follow-up in adolescents with obesity. One-hundred and seven adolescents with obesity were intentionally allocated in two groups: experimental or control. Adolescents in experimental group underwent a multidisciplinary intervention (supervised aerobic exercise, psychological, nutritional, and clinical counseling). Cardiorespiratory fitness (direct gas analysis), body composition (dual-energy-DXA), anthropometry and blood lipids were measured before intervention (baseline), at the end of the 24-week intervention (post-intervention) and six months after the end of the intervention (follow-up). Cardiorespiratory fitness reduced in control group with no changes in experimental group, and these differences were maintained in the follow-up assessment (control group: 24.2±4.4 ml.kg-1.min-1 to 22.6±4.9 ml.kg-1.min-1; follow-up: 22.6±4.9 ml.kg-1.min-1 vs. experimental group: 28.0±4.0 ml.kg-1.min-1 to 29.7±4.0 ml.kg-1.min-1; follow-up: 28.9±5.7 ml.kg-1.min-1). Reductions in z-score body mass index (BMI) and increases HDL-C after multidisciplinary intervention were maintained after a 6-month follow-up. In conclusion, the benefits of a multidisciplinary intervention on cardiorespiratory fitness, BMI and blood lipids are maintained after a 6-month follow-up. These findings indicate that multidisciplinary interventions produce long-term health consequences. Reinforcing the importance of lifestyle changes as a therapeutic approach for the treatment of obesity in adolescents. |
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