Physical activity in overweight and obese adolescents: Systematic review of the effects on physical fitness components and cardiovascular risk factors

Sports Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1139-1152

  Vasconcellos, Fabrício ^a,b   Seabra, André ^b   Katzmarzyk, Peter T ^c   Kraemer Aguiar, Luiz Guilherme ^a   Bouskela, Eliete ^a   Farinatti, Paulo ^a,d  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d SALGADO DE OLIVEIRA UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; BODY COMPOSITION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ENDOTHELIUM; EXERCISE; FITNESS; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY COMPOSITION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ENDOTHELIUM; EXERCISE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84904820538     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: 11792035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40279-014-0193-7     Document Type: Review

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