ECE2021 Audio Eposter Presentations Diabetes, Obesity, Metabolism and Nutrition (223 abstracts)
Effect of a 16-week physical activity program on body composition and aerobic capacity parameters in a population of obese youth
Wajdi Safi 1 , Nabila Rekik Mejdoub 1 , Mohamed Abdellahi Mohamed Ahmed 1 , S. Regaieg 2 , M. Kamoun 1 , H. Elleuch 3 , H. Rebai 4 , M. Mnif Feki 1 , N. Charfi 1 & Mohamed Abid 1
1Department of Endocrinology and Diabetology CHU Hedi Chaker Sfax, Tunisia; 2Faculty of Sciences Bizerte, Tunisia; 3Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation CHU Habib Bourguiba, Sfax Tunisia; 4Higher Institute of Sport and Physical Education Sfax, Tunisia
Introduction
The prevalence of childhood obesity continues to increase nowadays but also its long-term complications, particularly metabolic and cardiovascular, and this is due in large part to all the current modern conditions and means that promote sedentary lifestyle and lack of ’physical activity
Material and methods
We developed a 16-week aerobic exercise program (four 60-minute sessions per week at 70–85% FCM), in addition to school physical education and without dietary intervention; including Twenty-eight obese children divided into 2 groups with the same characteristics at inclusion (G1: exercise group; G2: control group) in order to be able to study the beneficial effects of this program on the body composition and aerobic capacity of obese children.
Results
After the training program, only G1 showed a significant reduction in BMI and waist circumference compared to baseline (P < 0.001). A significant decrease in fat mass was observed only in G1 while a significant increase in lean mass was observed in both groups but more marked in G1. There was a significant increase in the maximal metabolic equivalent of the METmax task (P < 0.05) in G1, and no significant change in this parameter was observed in G2.
Conclusion
This training program has beneficial effects on body composition and aerobic capacity parameters in obese children. Our intervention has the advantage of offering a sustainable and reproducible school and community approach to the management of childhood obesity.
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