Abstract
Background The long incubation periods of cardiovascular diseases offer opportunities for controlling risk factors. In addition, preventive interventions in childhood are more likely to succeed because lifestyle habits become ingrained as they are repeated. Objective To investigate the effects of recreational physical activities, in combination or not with a qualitative nutritional counseling, in cardiometabolic risk factors of students with dyslipidemia and abdominal obesity. Methods Students (8-14 years old) were randomly divided into three groups (n=23 each): i ) Control; [...]
Highlights
IntroductionThe increased prevalence of overweight, obesity, and dyslipidemias in children and adolescents has placed concern on the health conditions of this population.[1,2,3] the increased knowledge about the long-term effects of exposure to risk factors and concern about the epidemic of pediatric obesity led to the urgency of primordial and primary prevention strategies during childhood.[3,6] in addition to the early detection of the metabolic disorders, it is important to establish preventive strategies for reducing these emerging epidemics
Volunteers were stratified according to sex and age, and were counterbalanced randomized (Website Research Randomizer®, 2008) into three groups (n=38 each): i) Control, whose members were not subjected to any intervention; ii) PANC (Physical Activity and Nutritional Counseling), whose students participate in a physical activity program and qualitative nutritional counseling; and iii) PA (Physical Activity), whose students participated in physical activities only
74 students effectively participated in the study (28 control, 23 PANC, and 23 PA groups)
Summary
The increased prevalence of overweight, obesity, and dyslipidemias in children and adolescents has placed concern on the health conditions of this population.[1,2,3] the increased knowledge about the long-term effects of exposure to risk factors and concern about the epidemic of pediatric obesity led to the urgency of primordial and primary prevention strategies during childhood.[3,6] in addition to the early detection of the metabolic disorders, it is important to establish preventive strategies for reducing these emerging epidemics. Results: Compared to the control group and to baseline values, both interventions caused significant average reductions in total cholesterol (11%; p
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