title: Effect of diet and controlled exercise on weight loss in obese children.
abstract: The effects of adding exercise to diet for weight control in obese children were evaluated by randomizing obese girls to one of two groups: diet and diet plus exercise. During the first 6 weeks of the treatment, children exercised in a supervised three times a week exercise program, in which they walked or ran 3 miles. Significant decreases from baseline weight and in percent overweight were observed for both groups during the year of treatment. Significant decreases in percent overweight were observed at 0 to 2 months and then at 2 to 6 months for the children who were exercising, whereas percent overweight in children in the diet-alone group decreased only from 0 to 2 months. In addition, a significant improvement in fitness was observed only for children in the diet plus exercise group.
mesh_terms: D001521:Behavior Therapy; D001835:Body Weight; D002648:Child; D004032:Diet; D004038:Diet, Reducing; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009747:Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D009765:Obesity / Q000178:diet therapy / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D005082:Physical Exertion; D010809:Physical Fitness; D011897:Random Allocation; D012648:Self Care