Long-term relationship between weight and aerobic-fitness change in children. |
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Authors: | Epstein, Leonard H. Wing, Rena R. Valoski, Alice DeVos, Debra |
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Abstract: | The relationship between changes in relative weight and fitness was assessed 5 years after children began treatment for obesity. Multivariate regression analysis showed that two factors were independently related to fitness change: (a) maintenance of weight loss from the end of 6 months of treatment to the 5-year follow-up and (b) initial fitness level. Children who showed the largest long-term changes in relative weight and the lowest initial fitness showed the largest improvements in fitness. Short-term weight loss was not related to long-term fitness change. These results show that weight loss and fitness are related over 5 years. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
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Keywords: | long-term fitness change weight fitness obesity treatment long-term weight change |
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