Combined exercise and nutrition improved quality-of-life scores in adolescents with obesity and hypertension
A short randomized study favored an added exercise and individualized nutrition program, although the abstract does not report the size of the improvements.
Based on the published abstract. The full paper may contain additional methods, results and limitations.
The 30-second takeaway
Adolescents receiving the added program had better quality-of-life scores than those receiving routine intervention alone. Blood pressure, body measurements and anxiety and depression questionnaire scores also favored the added program. These results apply to adolescents with both obesity and hypertension; the abstract does not establish how large or lasting the benefits were.
The abstract reports statistical significance without effect sizes or confidence intervals. It does not describe routine intervention in detail or report outcomes beyond the program's end.
What researchers found
Quality of life measured with PedsQL
At 6 weeks, routine intervention plus exercise and individualized nutrition versus routine intervention alone; score differences are not provided.
The program was a package
The added intervention combined moderate- and low-intensity exercise with individualized nutrition. Because these elements were delivered together, the comparison cannot isolate the contribution of exercise from that of nutrition or establish which mattered more.
Both groups improved
Body measurements, blood pressure and emotional-symptom scores improved in both groups, while quality-of-life scores increased. The relevant result was the difference between groups after treatment, rather than improvement within the added-program group alone.
The original publication
Effect of 6-week moderate- and low-intensity exercise and individualized nutrition interventions on the quality of life in obese, hypertensive adolescents.
Li Q, Zhang M, Cai Y et al.
Endocrine · 2025
- PubMed ID
- 40828302
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