Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases in Childhood and Adolescence: the Role of Physical Activity

Outpatient Strategy of Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases in Childhood and Adolescence: the Role of Physical Activity

This research project is about a physical activity intervention in pediatric outpatients to try control and prevent heart diseases such as hypertension, obesity, high cholesterol.

Control Group: receive information about health lifestyle Interventional Group: receive a structured plan with exercises to do 3 times per week within 50 minutes.

It is a randomized clinical trial and population are children and adolescents.

Inclusion Criteria:

• 6 to 17 years
• obesity
• high cholesterol

Exclusion Criteria:

• congenital heart diseases
• less than 6 or more than 17 years old