Diet and exercise intervention, with special reference to micronutrients, reduces cardiometabolic risk in overweight children
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Vaman Khadilkar; Deepa S Pandit; Arun S. Kinare; Shashi Chiplonkar; Anuradha Khadilkar
- Source
- Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Vol 16, Iss 1, Pp 124-133 (2012)
Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism
- Subject
- medicine.medical_specialty
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
India
Overweight
Placebo
Group A
lcsh:Diseases of the endocrine glands. Clinical endocrinology
Group B
lipids
stiffness
Endocrinology
Internal medicine
Medicine
lcsh:RC799-869
Pulse wave velocity
Children
lcsh:RC648-665
Exercise intervention
business.industry
Anthropometry
Micronutrient
micronutrients
Physical therapy
Original Article
lcsh:Diseases of the digestive system. Gastroenterology
medicine.symptom
business
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2230-9500
2230-8210
Objective: To study the effect of lifestyle intervention in the presence of multivitamin-zinc supplementation in improving the cardiometabolic status of overweight children. Materials and Methods: Data were evaluated in 74 overweight children (11.3 ± 2.9 years) randomly assigned to three groups of intervention for 4 months as follows: group A: diet-exercise counseling with multivitamin-zinc supplementation; group B: diet-exercise counseling; and group C: placebo. Anthropometric, biochemical, carotid arterial and lifestyle parameters were assessed. Results: Lifestyle counseling resulted in significant reduction in inactivity, energy and fat intakes and increase in micronutrient density of diets and physical activity in groups A and B in comparison to group C. Percent decline in body fat was more in group A than in groups B and C. Percent change in triglycerides (−13.7%) was significantly higher in group A than in groups B (−5.9%) and C (5.7%). Pulse wave velocity and elasticity modulus reduced and arterial compliance improved significantly in group A than in group B. Conclusion: Multivitamin-zinc supplementation with lifestyle intervention has a positive effect of on the cardiometabolic status of overweight children.