The Impact of Resistance Exercise Training On Metabolic Dysregulation in Obese Children.

McGill University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Resistance Training; Insulin Resistance; Childhood Obesity; Body Composition

Treatments: Behavioral: resistance training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00460135

PED-06-004

Details and patient eligibility

About

Impact of resistance training in prepubertal children with obesity focusing mostly in changes in body composition and markers of insulin resistance.

Hypothesis is that this will show positive changes in this randomized controlled trial.

Full description

24 obese prepubertal obese children randomized to either resistance training program or usual care for 12 weeks. Baseline blood profiles and DEXA scans done before and after 12 weeks of training with the help of kinesiology graduates from Concordia University kinesiology department.

Enrollment: 20 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 8 to 12 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Between 8-12y
• Prepubertal
• Not on medications with known impact on weight loss

Exclusion criteria

• Pubertal
• Uncontrolled thyroid condition
• Type 2 diabetes

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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20 participants in 2 patient groups

RT

Experimental group

Description:

resistance training

Treatment:

Behavioral: resistance training

Routine care

No Intervention group

Description:

General counseling on increasing physical exercise