TY - JOUR AU - Brito, Daniel AU - Lofrano-Prado, Mara AU - Sares, Antonio AU - Tenório, Thiago AU - Nardo Jr, Nelson AU - Donato Jr, José AU - Santos, Marcos AU - Calazans, Camila AU - Terra, Caio AU - Prado, Wagner PY - 2017/07/01 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Cardiorespiratory fitness in adolescents with obesity: a 6-month follow-up study JF - Revista Brasileira de Atividade Física & Saúde JA - Rev. Bras. Ativ. Fís. Saúde VL - 22 IS - 4 SE - Artigos Originais DO - 10.12820/rbafs.v.22n4p404-412 UR - https://rbafs.org.br/RBAFS/article/view/10639 SP - 404-412 AB - The aim of this study was to investigate whether the effects of a multidisciplinary intervention on cardiorespiratory fitness are maintained after 6-month follow-up in adolescents with obesity. One-hundred and seven adolescents with obesity were intentionally allocated in two groups: experimental or control. Adolescents in experimental group underwent a multidisciplinary intervention (supervised aerobic exercise, psychological, nutritional, and clinical counseling). Cardiorespiratory fitness (direct gas analysis), body composition (dual-energy-DXA), anthropometry and blood lipids were measured before intervention (baseline), at the end of the 24-week intervention (post-intervention) and six months after the end of the intervention (follow-up). Cardiorespiratory fitness reduced in control group with no changes in experimental group, and these differences were maintained in the follow-up assessment (control group: 24.2±4.4 ml.kg<sup>-1</sup>.min<sup>-1</sup> to 22.6±4.9 ml.kg<sup>-1</sup>.min<sup>-1</sup>; follow-up: 22.6±4.9 ml.kg<sup>-1</sup>.min<sup>-1 </sup>vs. experimental group: 28.0±4.0 ml.kg<sup>-1</sup>.min<sup>-1</sup> to 29.7±4.0 ml.kg<sup>-1</sup>.min<sup>-1</sup>; follow-up: 28.9±5.7 ml.kg<sup>-1</sup>.min<sup>-1</sup>). Reductions in z-score body mass index (BMI) and increases HDL-C after multidisciplinary intervention were maintained after a 6-month follow-up. In conclusion, the benefits of a multidisciplinary intervention on cardiorespiratory fitness, BMI and blood lipids are maintained after a 6-month follow-up. These findings indicate that multidisciplinary interventions produce long-term health consequences. Reinforcing the importance of lifestyle changes as a therapeutic approach for the treatment of obesity in adolescents. ER -