Cent Eur J Public Health 2015, 23(Supplement):S57-S61 | DOI: 10.21101/cejph.a4189

Effect of Physical Activity in Treatment of Paediatric Obesity

Dalibor Pastucha1,3, Jana Malinčíková2, Stanislav Horák2, Jana Povová1, Petr Konečný4
1 Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic
2 Department of Exercise Medicine and Cardiovascular Rehabilitation, University Hospital Olomouc and Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacký University Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic
3 Department of Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic
4 International Clinical Research Centre Hospital of St. Anna and Medical Faculty of Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic

The aim of the study was to compare the differences in anthropometric parameters, maximal oxygen uptake (VO2max) and physical activity (PA) between groups of 146 obese boys and 128 obese girls. We tried to describe the relationships between changes in PA and changes in VO2max, body fat, weight, waist circumference and hip circumference. We found statistically significant changes in VO2max and waist circumference only in the group of boys and significant changes in VO2max in the group of girls.

Keywords: obesity, physical activity, anthropometric parameters, children

Received: November 15, 2014; Revised: March 25, 2015; Accepted: March 25, 2015; Published: November 1, 2015  Show citation

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Pastucha D, Malinčíková J, Horák S, Povová J, Konečný P. Effect of Physical Activity in Treatment of Paediatric Obesity. Cent Eur J Public Health. 2015;23(Supplement):S57-61. doi: 10.21101/cejph.a4189. PubMed PMID: 26849545.
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