Obesity
New obesity findings from Semmelweis University described
Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, January 11th, 2010
Current study results from the report, 'Physical and physiological performances in 10-year-old obese boys,' have been published. "Fatness generally has a negative influence on the performance of a variety of motor and cardiorespiratory fitness tests. The aim of this comparison was to analyse the effects of three grades of obesity on somatic growth, physical performance and oxygen consumption during exercise," investigators in Hungary report.
"Volunteer boys with definitely different grades of obesity were recruited for the comparison. In the group of mildly obese children (G1; n=23) BMI ranged between 24 kg.m -2 and 26 kg.m -2 ; and individual percent body fat was...
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