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Exercise for Obese Youth

Year: 2014

Type: article

Abstract: In Brief Despite evidence to the contrary, exercise interventions for obese youth target weight loss as a means of improving health. Using Exercise is Medicine® as a framework, we present a conceptual model for the beneficial effects of exercise independent of weight loss in obese youth and highlight novel biomarkers of cardiometabolic health that could prove useful as interventional targets for this population. Exercise, independent of weight loss, can improve traditional risk factors and novel biomarkers of cardiometabolic health in obese youth.

Source: Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews

DOI: 10.1249/jes.0000000000000034

Authors: Gabriel Q. Shaibi, Justin R. Ryder, Joon Young Kim, Estela Barraza

Institutions: Phoenix Children's Hospital, Arizona State University

Language: English

Topic: Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green