Trial reportThe Journal of pediatrics2019
Effects of Exercise Modality on Insulin Resistance and Ectopic Fat in Adolescents with Overweight and Obesity: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
Trial report in The Journal of pediatrics, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01938950 (Resistance and Cardiorespiratory Time-matched Exercise in Youth), which is not on this map. Cited by 33 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
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Resistance and Cardiorespiratory Time-matched Exercise in Youth: A Randomized Clinical Trial (RCT:RCT)
Who cites it
33 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 67 citations in OpenAlex.
- Comparative Effects of 12 Exercise Modalities on Body Mass Index and Body Fat Percentage in Youth With Overweight or Obesity: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2026Pooled it
- Systematic review of exercise for the treatment of pediatric metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease.PloS one · 2024Pooled it
- Multiparameter MRI assessment of metformin and exercise effects on skeletal muscle in prediabetes: a randomized controlled trial.European radiology experimental · 2025Trial
- Effects of a Family-Based Lifestyle Intervention Plus Supervised Exercise Training on Abdominal Fat Depots in Children With Overweight or Obesity: A Secondary Analysis of a Nonrandomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2022Trial
- Acute aerobic exercise reveals that FAHFAs distinguish the metabolomes of overweight and normal-weight runners.JCI insight · 2022Trial
- Sex as a moderator of body composition following a randomized controlled lifestyle intervention among Latino youth with obesity.Pediatric obesity · 2020Trial
- Combined exercise for body composition and cardiometabolic health in obese young people meta analysis.iScience · 2026Article
- Comparative effects of exercise modalities on ectopic fat reduction in overweight and obese children and adolescents: a narrative review.European journal of pediatrics · 2026Review
- Improvements in obesity-related measures among Asian patients with severe obesity following a structured lifestyle intervention.Clinical and experimental pediatrics · 2026Article
- Insulin resistance in obese children and adolescents: from mechanisms to screening and exercise intervention.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2026Review
- Association between skeletal muscle mass to visceral fat area ratio and insulin resistance in type 2 diabetes.Journal of diabetes and metabolic disorders · 2025Article
- The Era of Resistance Training as a Primary Form of Physical Activity for Physical Fitness and Health in Youth Has Come.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2025Review
- Effects of Exercise Intervention in Subjects with Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease.Journal of obesity & metabolic syndrome · 2025Review
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- Effects of Different Exercise Interventions on Health Status in Overweight and Obese Children and Adolescents: A Network Meta-Analysis.Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy · 2025Article
- The Effects of Exercise Interventions on Ectopic and Subcutaneous Fat in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Systematic Review, Meta-Analysis, and Meta-Regression.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- Associations between muscle quality and N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP): The multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis.The American journal of the medical sciences · 2024Article
- Effect of Short Bouts of Vigorous Stair Climbing on Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Women with Overweight and Obesity: A Pilot Feasibility Study.Journal of obesity & metabolic syndrome · 2023Article
- A co-designed, community-based intensive health behavior intervention promotes participation and engagement in youth with risk factors for type 2 diabetes.Frontiers in clinical diabetes and healthcare · 2023Article
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7 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
objectiveTo examine whether a combined aerobic exercise and resistance exercise is more effective than either aerobic exercise or resistance exercise alone in improving insulin sensitivity and reducing total adiposity and ectopic fat in adolescents. STUDY
designA total of 118 sedentary adolescents with overweight/obesity (body mass index >85th percentile, 12-17 years) were recruited from October 2013 through April 2017 at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh. Participants were randomized to 1 of the following 6-month exercise groups (3 d/wk, 180 min/wk): aerobic exercise (n = 38), resistance exercise (n = 40), and combined aerobic exercise and resistance exercise (n = 40). The primary outcome was the change in insulin-stimulated glucose disposal by a 3-hour hyperinsulinemic-euglycemic clamp. The secondary outcomes were changes in liver fat by proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy and intermuscular adipose tissue by computed tomography.
resultsOf the 118 participants randomized, 85 participants (72%) completed the study with 90% exercise attendance. Total adiposity reduced similarly in all groups (-2%, P < .05). After adjusting for age and sex, insulin-stimulated glucose disposal increased (P < .05) in all groups, with the increase in the aerobic exercise group being greater than the resistance exercise group (1.7 ± 0.1 vs 0.7 ± 0.1 mg/kg/min, P < .05) but not different from the combined group (1.2 ± 0.1 mg/kg/min). Liver fat was reduced (P < .05) in the aerobic exercise (-0.6%) and combined (-0.6%) groups but not in the resistance exercise group (-0.3%, P > .05). Intermuscular adipose tissue decreased (P < .05) similarly in all groups.
conclusionCombined aerobic exercise and resistance exercise and aerobic exercise alone are similarly beneficial in improving insulin sensitivity and reducing ectopic fat in adolescents with obesity.
trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov: NCT01938950.
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