Fitness, Fatness, and Cardiovascular Disease Risk and Outcomes
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : John M. Jakicic & Anne E. Mishler & Renee Rogers
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2011
Description
There is a high prevalence of both overweight and obesity in the United States and other developed countries. There is strong evidence of the association between higher levels of body mass index and other measures of body fatness and negative health consequences. However, there is also strong evidence to support that low levels of cardiorespiratory fitness and physical activity contribute to these same negative health consequences. Thus, there is significant interest in the independent and combined effects of fitness and fatness on health-related outcomes that include cardiovascular disease morbidity and mortality, as well as all-cause mortality. A review of the current evidence suggests that there are both independent and combined effects of fitness and fatness on these outcomes. Health care providers should promote both weight loss and increased fitness, resulting from physical activity, to optimize the health benefits for patients at increased risk for chronic diseases.
Curr Cardiovasc Risk Rep (2011) 5:113–119 DOI 10.1007/s12170-011-0158-4 Published online: 29 January 2011
