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ReviewCurrent obesity reports2020

A Review of Obesity, Physical Activity, and Cardiovascular Disease.

Andrew Elagizi, Sergey Kachur, Salvatore Carbone, Carl J Lavie, Steven N Blair

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Review in Current obesity reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 176 papers, 10 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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176citing papers in PubMed, 10 pooled it
17.7field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

176 citing papers in PubMed, 10 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 292 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Andrew ElagiziDepartment of Cardiovascular Diseases, John Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute, Ochsner Clinical School-the University of Queensland School of Medicine, 1514 Jefferson Highway, New Orleans, LA, 70121-2483, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9316-4260
Sergey KachurDepartment of Cardiovascular Diseases, John Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute, Ochsner Clinical School-the University of Queensland School of Medicine, 1514 Jefferson Highway, New Orleans, LA, 70121-2483, USA.
Salvatore CarboneDepartment of Kinesiology & Health Sciences, College of Humanities & Sciences, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA.
Carl J LavieDepartment of Cardiovascular Diseases, John Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute, Ochsner Clinical School-the University of Queensland School of Medicine, 1514 Jefferson Highway, New Orleans, LA, 70121-2483, USA. clavie@ochsner.org.
Steven N BlairDepartment of Exercise Science, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA.
Ochsner Medical Center · USUniversity of South Carolina · USVirginia Commonwealth University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purpose of reviewThe focus of this review is to discuss obesity, physical activity (and physical inactivity/sedentary behavior), cardiovascular disease (CVD), and their often interrelated health implications. The authors summarize the pathophysiological changes associated with obesity, which lead to the development of CVD, recommendations for interventions such as diet, increased physical activity, and weight loss according to current literature and guidelines, and the critical importance of cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF). RECENT

findingsClinical trials continue to demonstrate improved outcomes among overweight or obese individuals who achieve a healthy weight using various methods. Increasing CRF levels appears to demonstrate the largest health improvements, regardless of underlying comorbidities or achieving weight loss. CRF, which is perhaps the single most important predictor of overall health, seems more important than weight loss alone regarding improved CVD outcomes in the obese population. These findings are reproduced in studies involving patients with various forms of CVD and CVD risk factors. The importance of CRF is well established; future endeavors to establish specific CRF targets for various patient cohorts are needed.

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Cardiorespiratory FitnessCardiovascular DiseasesClinical Trials as TopicDiet, ReducingExerciseHeart Disease Risk FactorsHumansObesityTreatment OutcomeWeight Reduction ProgramsAtrial fibrillationCardiorespiratory fitnessCardiovascular diseaseCoronary artery diseaseHeart failureObesityPhysical activity

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PMID32870465
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