Personalized exercise for adolescents with diabetes or obesity.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study examined adherence to a personalized, community-based exercise intervention by sedentary adolescents with type 1 or type 2 diabetes or those with obesity.

Research design and methods

We conducted a pretest-posttest investigation to explore the application of an individualized exercise prescription based upon current fitness level for 39 adolescents (20 with type 1 diabetes, 9 with type 2 diabetes, and 10 obese) over 16 weeks in community settings. Subjects were recruited from a university-based pediatric endocrinology clinic in the southwestern United States. Adherence to the exercise prescription was monitored using accelerometers over the entire intervention period.

Results

Moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) levels significantly incre

SUBMITTER: Faulkner MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4354702 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature