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<italic>Study aim</italic>: Obesity is a serious public health problem that has spread over the past 40 years in industrialized countries. This condition can predispose to the onset of several chronic diseases for instance hyperlipidemia which is involved in multiple signaling pathways for bone homeostasis. There is a communication between adipose tissue and bone, which can regulate each other through feedback mechanisms including glucose consumption by bone, also regulating insulin levels. In our observational study, we analyzed the effects of low-impact training, particularly swimming, combined with a mediterranean diet on obese pre-adolescents.
<italic>Material and methods</italic>: Six-month of an observational study was performed involving twenty pre-adolescents aged between 8 and 12 years with diagnosed obesity with z-BMI >2, according to the World Health Organization guidelines.
<italic>Results</italic>: The assessment was carried out at the beginning of the intervention (T0) and at the end of treatment (T1). All participants were randomly assigned to either: the control group (CG) just followed the mediterranean diet whilst the experimental group (EG) over the mediterranean diet followed a planned physical activity.
The results showed statistically significant differences between T0 and T1 in both CG and EG, especially concerning 1,25(OH)2D and insulin levels. However, the differences were more impressive in EG (1,25(OH)2D 9.27 vs 25.64; Insulin 29.31 vs 12.66) compared with CG (1,25(OH)2D 8.7 vs 13.7; Insulin 28.45 vs 22.76).
<italic>Conclusions</italic>: In conclusion, these results showed the importance of diet and low-impact exercise intervention to improve pre-adolescent’s health especially those with obesity.
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Study aim: Obesity is a serious public health problem that has spread over the past 40 years in industrialized countries. This condition can predispose to the onset of several chronic diseases for instance hyperlipidemia which is involved in multiple signaling pathways for bone homeostasis. There is a communication between adipose tissue and bone, which can regulate each other through feedback mechanisms including glucose consumption by bone, also regulating insulin levels. In our observational study, we analyzed the effects of low-impact training, particularly swimming, combined with a mediterranean diet on obese pre-adolescents.
Material and methods: Six-month of an observational study was performed involving twenty pre-adolescents aged between 8 and 12 years with diagnosed obesity with z-BMI >2, according to the World Health Organization guidelines.
Results: The assessment was carried out at the beginning of the intervention (T0) and at the end of treatment (T1). All participants were randomly assigned to either: the control group (CG) just followed the mediterranean diet whilst the experimental group (EG) over the mediterranean diet followed a planned physical activity.
The results showed statistically significant differences between T0 and T1 in both CG and EG, especially concerning 1,25(OH)2D and insulin levels. However, the differences were more impressive in EG (1,25(OH)2D 9.27 vs 25.64; Insulin 29.31 vs 12.66) compared with CG (1,25(OH)2D 8.7 vs 13.7; Insulin 28.45 vs 22.76).
Conclusions: In conclusion, these results showed the importance of diet and low-impact exercise intervention to improve pre-adolescent’s health especially those with obesity.

Biochemical assessment of insulin and vitamin D levels in obese adolescents after diet and physical activity: A retrospective observational study

Department of Psychology, Educational Science and Human Movement, Sport and Exercise Sciences Research Unit

Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, Section of Anatomy, Histology and Movement Science

School of Medicine, University of Catania

Department of Biological Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies (STEBICEF)

Józef Piłsudski University of Physical Education

Biomedical Human Kinetics

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Study aim: Obesity is a serious public health problem that has spread over the past 40 years in industrialized countries. This condition can predispose to the...

Biochemical assessment of insulin and vitamin D levels in obese adolescents after diet and physical activity: A retrospective observational study

Published Online: Sep 21, 2023

Page range: 211 - 217

Received: Jul 07, 2023

Accepted: Aug 24, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bhk-2023-0028

Keywords
Physical activity, 1,25(OH)D, Swimming, Obesity, Insulin, Exercise

© 2023 Anna Alioto et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Biochemical assessment of insulin and vitamin D levels in obese adolescents after diet and physical activity: A retrospective observational study

Published Online: Sep 21, 2023

Page range: 211 - 217

Received: Jul 07, 2023

Accepted: Aug 24, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bhk-2023-0028

KeywordsPhysical activity, 1,25(OH)D, Swimming, Obesity, Insulin, Exercise

© 2023 Anna Alioto et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Physical activity, 1,25(OH)D, Swimming, Obesity, Insulin, Exercise