A 6-week diet and exercise intervention alters metabolic syndrome risk factor…

Purpose: A randomized, controlled trial was conducted to determine whether a 6-week low calorie diet and aerobic exercise intervention could alter metabolic syndrome (MetS) risk factors in pre-pubescent obese Chinese children. Methods: The subjects were randomized into diet and exercise (DE) and control (C) groups. The DE group ingested 1600e2000 kcal/day adjusted to each participant’s basal…