ESPE Abstracts

Introduction: Both the detrimental effects on health produced by obesity, and the burden provoked on healthcare systems clearly dictate the need to provide nutritional interventions for preventing and managing obesity during childhood. Furthermore, the lifestyle habits developed in early childhood have a long lasting effect on cardiovascular and metabolic health, highlighting the importance of prevention. PODiaCar project is dedicated to enhancing the efforts ...

Aim: To evaluate whether a straightforward assessment like the Six-Minute Walking Test (6MWT) can effectively gauge the impact of an online supervised training program on lipid and glucose metabolism in a cohort of children with obesity, given the efficacy of exercise-based interventions in influencing the pathogenic processes underlying obesity-related complications.Methods: A group of 35 Caucasian children aged 8-13 wi...