Systematic review on retinal microvasculature, physical activity, sedentary behaviour and adiposity in children and adolescents.

Eduarda Sousa-SáZhiguang ZhangJoão R PereiraIan M WrightAnthony D OkelyRute Santos

Published in: Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) (2020)

Results showed that adiposity was associated with microvascular alterations in children and adolescents. Increased adiposity, lack of PA and high levels of SB were negatively correlated with vessel width parameters.

Keyphrases

physical activity
systematic review
insulin resistance
weight gain
meta analyses
optical coherence tomography
body mass index
diabetic retinopathy
adipose tissue
skeletal muscle
type diabetes
randomized controlled trial