Impaired Cardiac Function Among Obese Adolescents

To measure cardiac function before and after 3 months of aerobic interval training in obese adolescents and to compare the findings with those in lean counterparts.Exercise intervention study. Cardiac function was assessed by echocardiography and maximal oxygen uptake by ergospirometry.The obese adolescents were referred from general practice to the St Olav University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway, and the control group was recruited from 2...