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- Title
Exercise for the treatment of childhood obesity – is it simply too much to ask?
- Authors
Taplin, Craig E; Zeitler, Phil
- Abstract
The article comments on a paper about the impact of an organized weekly exercise program on the treatment of childhood obesity. According to the authors, exercise improves insulin sensitivity in obese children, lipid profiles and may improve measures of psychosocial well-being. They add that successful and sustained increases in physical activity offer a clear pathway towards primary prevention of childhood obesity and secondary prevention of obesity-related complications.
- Subjects
EDITORIALS; EXERCISE; TREATMENT of childhood obesity; INSULIN; LIPIDS; WELL-being
- Publication
Acta Paediatrica, 2009, Vol 98, Issue 2, p214
- ISSN
0803-5253
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1651-2227.2008.01165.x