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Health Policy, Management, And Behavior Department News, Georgia Southern University
Health Policy, Management, And Behavior Department News, Georgia Southern University
Health Policy and Community Health Department News (2018)
- Georgia Southern Examines Health Departments' Activities to Address Health Disparities
- Georgia Southern reports on weight loss trends in overweight adolescents.
Combined Resistance And Aerobic Exercise Training Reduces Insulin Resistance And Central Adiposity In Adolescent Girls Who Are Obese: Randomized Clinical Trial, Leena P. Bharath, William W. Choi, Jae-Min Cho, Alexus A. Skobodzinski, Alexei Wong, Ty E. Sweeney, Song-Young Park
Combined Resistance And Aerobic Exercise Training Reduces Insulin Resistance And Central Adiposity In Adolescent Girls Who Are Obese: Randomized Clinical Trial, Leena P. Bharath, William W. Choi, Jae-Min Cho, Alexus A. Skobodzinski, Alexei Wong, Ty E. Sweeney, Song-Young Park
Health and Kinesiology Faculty Publications
Introduction
Exercise training is recommended for improving health and protecting against the development of metabolic and cardiovascular pathologies. Combined resistance and aerobic exercise training (CRAE) has been shown to provide unique benefits in older adults with cardiovascular diseases.
Purpose
We sought to determine the beneficial effects of CRAE in adolescent girls who are obese and hyperinsulinemic.
Methods
Forty adolescent girls who are obese (age 14.7 ± 1 years; BMI 30 ± 2) were randomly assigned to a “no exercise” (CON n = 20) or combined exercise group (EX n = 20). The EX group performed resistance and aerobic exercise for …