Exercise for obese youth: refocusing attention from weight loss to health gains.
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.
1College of Nursing and Health Innovation, 2School of Nutrition and Health Promotion, and 3Southwest Interdisciplinary Research Center, Arizona State University; and 4Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Phoenix Children's Hospital, Phoenix, AZ.
Gabriel Q
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Shaibi
Justin R
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Ryder
Joon Young
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Kim
Estela
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Barraza
D000293:Adolescent; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000150:complications; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications; D005081:Exercise Therapy; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000097:blood; D008074:Lipoproteins / Q000097:blood; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D010316:Particle Size; D012307:Risk Factors; D015431:Weight Loss
D015415:Biomarkers; D001786:Blood Glucose; D007328:Insulin; D008074:Lipoproteins; D002784:Cholesterol