Are poor physical fitness and obesity two features of the adolescent with Down syndrome?

• Autores: Rocío Izquierdo Gómez, David Martínez Gómez, Carlos Mª Tejero-González, Verónica Cabanas Sánchez, Jonatan Ruíz Ruíz, Oscar L. Veiga
• Localización: Nutrición hospitalaria: Órgano oficial de la Sociedad Española de Nutrición Clínica y Metabolismo (SENPE), ISSN-e 1699-5198, ISSN 0212-1611, Vol. 28, Nº. 4, 2013, págs. 1348-1351
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Introduction:

    Obesity is considered a feature of youth with DS but whether low physical fitness is also a feature is unknown.

    Objective:

    The aim of this case-control study was to compare the levels of fatness and fitness in adolescents with and without DS.

    Methods:

    Participants included 17 (5 girls) adolescents with DS aged 12-18 years and a control group of 94 (45 girls) adolescents without DS aged 12-16 years. The ALPHA health-related fitness test battery for children and adolescents was selected to assess fatness and fitness in both groups.

    Results:

    There were no differences in levels of fatness between groups (all P > 0.27). Adolescents with DS had lower levels of fitness in all the tests than adolescents without DS (all P < 0.001).

    Conclusion:

    Adolescents with DS have similar levels of fatness and lower levels of fitness than their peers without DS.