ArticleJournal of lifestyle medicine2018
Body Mass Index in Master Athletes: Review of the Literature.
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- Investigating External and Internal Loads in Male Older Adult Basketball Players during Official Games.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2022Article
- The Use of Medications and Dietary Supplements by Masters Athletes - a Review.Current nutrition reports · 2022Review
- Prevalence of hyperglycemia in masters athletes.PeerJ · 2022Article
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- Relationship between Anthropometric Characteristics and Success in Different Cycling Terrains.Journal of lifestyle medicine · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundMasters athletes (MAs) have led a physically active lifestyle for an extended period of time or initiated exercise/sport in later life. Given the benefits of physical activity and exercise we investigated if body mass index (BMI), an indirect health indicator of obesity, was clinically superior in MAs as compared to controls or the general population.
methodsSeven databases (Medline, PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, CINAHL, PsycINFO, Cochrane) were electronically searched for studies on BMI (kg/m
resultsOf the initial yield of 7,431 papers, 60 studies met our inclusion criteria and were used in this literature review. Studies identified were classified as: endurance sports (n = 14), runners (n = 14), mixed sports (n = 8), cyclists (n = 4), soccer (n = 4) swimmers (n = 3), non-specific (n = 3), orienteering (n = 2), World Masters Games (n = 2) and individual sports (n = 5). Where BMI was presented for the group of MAs the mean was 23.8 kg/m
conclusionIn most, but not all studies the BMI of MAs was significantly lower than controls. A clinically superior BMI affords MAs reduced risk with regard to a number of cardiometabolic diseases, osteoarthritis and certain types of cancers.
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