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ReviewSports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.)2013

Catecholamines and obesity: effects of exercise and training.

Hassane Zouhal, Sophie Lemoine-Morel, Marie-Eve Mathieu, Gretchen A Casazza, Georges Jabbour

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Review in Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.), 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 41 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

41 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  12. The Role of Exercise in Fat Oxidation and Its Impact on Adolescent Metabolism.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2026
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  19. Endocrine responses of the stress system to different types of exercise.Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Hassane ZouhalMovement, Sport Sciences and Health Laboratory, UFR-APS, Université Rennes 2-ENS-Cachan, Avenue Charles Tillon, CS 24414, 35044 Rennes Cedex, France. hassane.zouhal@univ-rennes2.fr
Sophie Lemoine-Morel
Marie-Eve Mathieu
Gretchen A Casazza
Georges Jabbour

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Excess body fat in obese individuals can affect the catecholamine response to various stimuli. Indeed, several studies report lower plasma catecholamine concentrations in obese subjects compared with nonobese subjects in response to submaximal or maximal exercise. This low catecholamine response reflects decreased sympathetic nervous system (SNS) activity. Although the relationship between the SNS and obesity is not well established, some authors have suggested that low SNS activity may contribute to the development of obesity. A decreased catecholamine response could affect α- and β-adrenoceptor sensitivity in adipose tissue, reducing lipolysis and increasing fat stores. Few studies have examined the effects of obesity on the plasma catecholamine response at rest and during exercise in adolescents. It is interesting to note that the effects of age, sex, and degree of obesity and the impact of very intense exercise on the catecholamine response have not yet been well examined. Moreover, the hormonal concentrations measured in the majority of obesity studies did not take into account plasma volume changes. This methodological factor can also undoubtedly influence plasma catecholamine results.

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Adrenal GlandsBiomarkersCatecholaminesExerciseHumansObesitySympathetic Nervous SystemBiomarkersCatecholamines

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PMID23613311

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