What is it about?
The neuroplasticity of adolescents could make them responsive to interventions affecting brain maturation such as yoga and mindfulness. We aimed to determine their efficacy and safety for the management of children and adolescents with obesity
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Why is it important?
We searched information to clarify the benefits of meditation on measurements of obesity, obesity.stigma and obesity-complications in adolescents with obesity
Perspectives
Although the evidence is insufficient to recommend yoga or mindfulness for the management of adolescents with obesity, both techniques exhibit characteristics that are able to impact body weight; likely through decreasing stress and improving adherence to dietary and PA recommendations. However, short-time interventions may not reflext the likely benefits of yoga and mindfulnes
Dr. Mardia Lopez-Alarcon
Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social
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This page is a summary of: Systematic review of the efficacy of yoga and mindfulness in the management of pediatric obesity, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, December 2024, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1111/nyas.15245.
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