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ReviewInternal and emergency medicine2013

Physical activity for the prevention and treatment of metabolic disorders.

Luca Montesi, Simona Moscatiello, Marcella Malavolti, Rebecca Marzocchi, Giulio Marchesini

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Review in Internal and emergency medicine, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07119658 (Targeting Metabolic Syndrome From the Emergency Department Through Mixed-Methods), which is not on this map. Cited by 32 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT07119658 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2025, after this paper: background citation

Targeting Metabolic Syndrome From the Emergency Department Through Mixed-Methods: Pilot Trial

TypeinterventionalSponsorIndiana UniversityRan2025 to 2026Enrolled20ConditionsHypertension, Hyperglycemia, Dyslipidemia, Metabolic SyndromeArmsComposite intervention to address MetS
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

32 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  11. Effects of Moderate Intensity Aerobic Exercise to FSTL-1 Regulation in Atherosclerosis: A Systematic Review.The International journal of angiology : official publication of the International College of Angiology, Inc · 2023
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  18. Antidiabetic Effects of Physical Activity: How It Helps to Control Type 2 Diabetes.Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy · 2020
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  20. Exercise as a prescription for patients with various diseases.Journal of sport and health science · 2019
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Luca MontesiUnit of Metabolic Diseases and Clinical Dietetics, "Alma Mater Studiorum" University, Bologna, Italy.
Simona Moscatiello
Marcella Malavolti
Rebecca Marzocchi
Giulio Marchesini

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Metabolic syndrome and its various features (obesity, hypertension, dyslipidemia, diabetes, and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease) are increasing worldwide and constitute a severe risk for the sustainability of the present universal Italian health care system. Lifestyle interventions should be the first therapeutic strategy to prevent/treat metabolic diseases, far before pharmacologic treatment. The role of diet and weight loss has been fully ascertained, whereas the role of physical activity is frequently overlooked both by physicians and by patients. Physical activity has favorable effects on all components of the metabolic syndrome and on the resulting cardiovascular risk, the cornerstone in the development of cardiometabolic diseases. The quantity and the frequency of physical activity necessary to produce beneficial effects has not been defined as yet, but brisk walking is considered particularly appropriate, as it can be practiced by a large number of individuals, without any additional cost, and has a low rate of injury. The effects of exercise and leisure time physical activity extend from prevention to treatment of the various components of the metabolic syndrome, as well as to mood and quality of life. Any effort should be done to favor adherence to protocols of physical activity in the community.

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ExerciseExercise TherapyMotor ActivityDiabetes MellitusDyslipidemiasHumansHypertensionMetabolic SyndromeNon-alcoholic Fatty Liver DiseasePrediabetic StatePrehypertension

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