Diet vs exercise for the prevention of pediatric obesity: the role of exercise

As pediatric obesity is commonly viewed as the result of an excessively positive energy balance, preventive efforts typically emphasize reduction of energy intake, with increases in physical activity (PA) having a supporting role. However, recent research that has focused on body composition rather...

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Published in:International Journal of Obesity 2011-01, Vol.35 (1), p.29-32
Main Author: Gutin, B
Format: Article
Language:English
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Adolescent
Biological and medical sciences
Body composition
Body mass index
Care and treatment
Child
Child, Preschool
debate
Diet
Diet, Reducing
Energy
Energy balance
Energy Intake
Epidemiology
Exercise
Female
General aspects
Health aspects
Health care
Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
Humans
Internal Medicine
Male
Medical sciences
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Metabolic Diseases
Metabolism
Mortality
Nutrients
Nutrition research
Obesity
Obesity - epidemiology
Obesity - prevention & control
Obesity - therapy
Obesity in children
Pediatrics
Physical Exertion
Physical fitness
Physiological aspects
Prevention
Prevention and actions
Public Health
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Stem cells
Weight control
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Summary:As pediatric obesity is commonly viewed as the result of an excessively positive energy balance, preventive efforts typically emphasize reduction of energy intake, with increases in physical activity (PA) having a supporting role. However, recent research that has focused on body composition rather than weight has found that PA stimulates development of lean tissue rather than fat tissue. Preventive interventions that emphasize vigorous PA rather than restriction of energy intake can help youths to develop lean bodies, at the same time that they ingest sufficient amounts of the energy and accompanying nutrients needed for healthy growth.
ISSN:0307-0565
1476-5497
DOI:10.1038/ijo.2010.140