ReviewJournal of sport and health science2016
The role of physical activity and exercise in obesity and weight management: Time for critical appraisal.
Review in Journal of sport and health science, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04461184 (The Great Plains Internet Wellness Study for Aging), which is not on this map. Cited by 84 papers.
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The Great Plains Internet Wellness Study for Aging: The GP I-WAS Project
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84 citing papers in PubMed, 246 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Prevention of obesity and carbohydrate metabolism disorders in the population at an industrial facility.Przeglad gastroenterologiczny · 2024Article
- Metrics for weight management success: an examination of the lifestyle score.Health psychology and behavioral medicine · 2024Article
- Rosae multiflorae fructus regulates the lipogenesis in high-fat diet-induced NAFLD mice model.Physical activity and nutrition · 2023Article
- Differences in spinal posture and mobility between adults with obesity and normal weight individuals.Scientific reports · 2023Article
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Abstract
The prevalence of overweight and obesity has increased dramatically during last 3 decades with devastating consequences to public health. Recommended strategies to reduce obesity have focused on healthier diet and physical activity (PA). Clearly, these approaches have not been successful, but whether this is due to failure to restrict energy intake or to maintain high levels of energy expenditure has been the subject of great controversy. Consequently, there has been a great deal of confusion about the role of PA and exercise in obesity and weight management. In this article, the theoretical basis for considering reduced PA and energy expenditure as the cause of obesity is appraised. Further, the role of PA in food intake and weight control is examined. The idea that obesity is caused by consistent decline in daily energy expenditure is not supported either by objective measures of energy expenditure or physiological theory of weight gain alone. However, since voluntary exercise is the most important discretionary component of total daily energy expenditure, it can affect energy balance. Therefore, PA and exercise hold potential as part of the solution for the ongoing obesity epidemic.
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