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To evaluate the blood pressure distribution in obese adolescents before and after weight loss and assess the added benefit of exercise on hemodynamic and vascular parameters.

July 1, 1988PEDIATRICS

Blood Pressure in Obese Adolescents: Effect of Weight Loss

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ARAlbert P. RocchiniPediatric / Congenital Cardiology VKVictor L. KatchUniversity of Michigan JAJudith AndersonUniversity of Manitoba

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Interventional study demonstrates normalized blood pressure in obese adolescents following weight loss, suggesting exercise combined with caloric restriction provides superior vascular recovery.

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To evaluate the blood pressure distribution in obese adolescents before and after weight loss and assess the added benefit of exercise on hemodynamic and vascular parameters.
Measured blood pressure distributions before and after weight loss in an overall cohort of 72 obese adolescents.
Assigned adolescents to weight loss regimens consisting of caloric restriction and behavior change alone (n = 26) or combined with an exercise training program (n = 25).
Assessed changes in resting blood pressure, exercise-induced blood pressure, and structural alterations in forearm resistance vessels.
Obese adolescents demonstrated a baseline blood pressure distribution skewed 1 standard deviation to the right of normal controls (P < .01), which normalized to general population levels after weight loss.
The combination of caloric restriction and exercise induced the greatest decreases in resting systolic blood pressure as well as exercise diastolic and mean blood pressure.
Structural changes detected in forearm resistance vessels reversed to the greatest extent in participants who completed the combined dietary and exercise program.

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Rocchini et al. (1988) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a6f2c95660549caf2c3bb42 https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.82.1.16

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Interventional study demonstrates normalized blood pressure in obese adolescents following weight loss, suggesting exercise combined with caloric restriction provides superior vascular recovery.

Blood Pressure in Obese Adolescents: Effect of Weight Loss

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Blood Pressure in Obese Adolescents: Effect of Weight Loss

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