Physical Fitness Among Hispanic Adolescents With Overweight or Obesity.

Roberto M BenzoSara M St GeorgeSarah E MessiahPadideh LovanRafael LeiteAnmol PatelTae K LeeGuillermo J Prado

Published in: Pediatric physical therapy : the official publication of the Section on Pediatrics of the American Physical Therapy Association (2023)

Compared with published fitness values of healthy weight adolescents, our sample of Hispanic adolescents with overweight/obesity living in southern Florida is unconditioned in terms of cardiorespiratory fitness, strength, muscular endurance, and flexibility.

Keyphrases

physical activity
weight loss
weight gain
young adults
insulin resistance
metabolic syndrome
body mass index
type diabetes
skeletal muscle
resistance training
randomized controlled trial
systematic review
adipose tissue
high intensity
meta analyses