Relationship Between Obesity and Youth Athletes' Physical Activity and Exercise-Related Cardiac Symptoms

Conclusions: In this dataset, obesity in youth athletes is associated with decreased physical activity and increased exertional symptoms in general. Obesity is not associated with exertional symptoms in athletes who participated in higher weekly physical activity. Further studies are needed to elucidate the cause-effect relationship of these findings.PMID:38621158 | DOI:10.1089/chi.2023.0194
Source: Childhood Obesity - Category: Eating Disorders & Weight Management Authors: Source Type: research