Eight weeks of resistance training can significantly alter body composition in children who are overweight or obese.

Volume: 23, Issue: 1, Pages: 80 - 85
Published: Jan 1, 2009
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of an 8-week resistance training program on children who were overweight or obese. Forty-eight children (n = 26 girls and 22 boys; mean age = 9.7 years) participated in an 8-week undulating periodized resistance training program for 3 d x wk-1. Measures of body composition via dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry, anthropometry, strength, and power were made before and after the training...
Paper Details
Title
Eight weeks of resistance training can significantly alter body composition in children who are overweight or obese.
Published Date
Jan 1, 2009
Volume
23
Issue
1
Pages
80 - 85
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