Why the study?
Are sympathetic and parasympathetic nerve activities altered in obese Japanese school children compared to non-obese children?
Population
84 healthy sedentary Japanese school children selected from 1080 initial participants.
Design
Case-control
Authors
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Reduced autonomic activity may promote childhood obesity progression; hypothesis-generating from Level 4 data, needing longitudinal confirmation before clinical use.
Are sympathetic and parasympathetic nerve activities altered in obese Japanese school children compared to non-obese children?
Obese children exhibit reduced sympathetic and parasympathetic nerve activities that negatively correlate with the duration of obesity, suggesting autonomic depression may be a physiological factor promoting childhood obesity.
Nagai et al. (2003) studied this question.
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