ESPE Abstracts

Background: Higher physical activity (PA) attenuates the health risks of obesity and has positive effects on body weight reduction. The results of our recent longitudinal study showed that PA, especially vigorous PA (VPA), is an important factor for predicting overweight in boys during puberty (Lätt et al., 2015).Objective and hypotheses: The aim of this study was to examine the associations of fasting serum acylated and des-acylated ghreli...

The aim: Of this study was to describe longitudinal changes in body composition and serum leptin, ghrelin and adiponectin levels over 36-month period in prepubertal rhythmic gymnasts (RG) and their age-matched untrained controls (UC) entering into puberty.Methods: 35 RG (mean age 8.0±0.6 years) and 33 UC (8.2±0.6 years) were followed at 12-month intervals for the next 3 years. Height, weight, pubertal stage, body composition by DXA and serum le...