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. 2012 Jan;16(1):124-33.
doi: 10.4103/2230-8210.91207.

Diet and exercise intervention, with special reference to micronutrients, reduces cardiometabolic risk in overweight children

Vaman V Khadilkar  1 , Deepa S Pandit, Anuradha V Khadilkar, Shashi A Chiplonkar, Arun S Kinare
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Diet and exercise intervention, with special reference to micronutrients, reduces cardiometabolic risk in overweight children

Vaman V Khadilkar et al. Indian J Endocrinol Metab. 2012 Jan.

Abstract

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.

Keywords: Children; India; lipids; micronutrients; stiffness.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest: None declared.

Figures

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Figure 1
Intervention profile. Grouping was as follows: group A: diet and exercise module with multivitamin-zinc supplementation; group B: diet and exercise module; group C: placebo
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Figure 2
Average time spent in all the daily activities at the baseline
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Figure 3
Change in activity status after intervention (differences are explained as median percent change; *indicates P < 0.05)
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Figure 4
Change in the consumption of healthy foods after intervention (differences are explained as median percent change; *indicates P < 0.05)
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Figure 5
Change in the consumption of unhealthy foods after intervention (differences are explained as median percent change; *indicates P < 0.05)
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