Effect of exercise test on pulmonary function of obese adolescents

Objective: to investigate the pulmonary response to exercise of non-morbidly obese adolescents, considering the gender. Methods: a prospective cross-sectional study was conducted with 92 adolescents (47 obese and 45 eutrophic), divided in four groups according to obesity and gender. Anthropometric p...

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Main Authors: Alethéa Guimarães Faria, Maria Angela G.O. Ribeiro, Fernando Augusto Lima Marson, Camila Isabel S. Schivinski, Silvana Dalge Severino, José Dirceu Ribeiro, Antônio A. Barros Filho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-05-01
Series:Jornal de Pediatria
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0021755713002088