SynthesisSports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.)2023
Toward Exercise Guidelines for Optimizing Fat Oxidation During Exercise in Obesity: A Systematic Review and Meta-Regression.
Synthesis in Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 22 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Impact of Exercise Training at Maximal Fat Oxidation (FatMax) Intensity on Metabolic and Epigenetic Parameters in Subjects With Excessive Body Mass: Study Protocol of a Randomized Controlled Trial
Validation of the Accuracy of Heart Rate Monitors at Resting and Exercise at Maximal Fat Oxidation Rate in Overweight and Obese Young Adults
Who cites it
22 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 22 citations in OpenAlex.
- The Agreement between Fat max and the Gas-Exchange and Blood Lactate Thresholds: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Medicine and science in sports and exercise · 2026Pooled it
- Exercise-induced changes in systemic inflammatory biomarkers in overweight and obese populations: a bibliometric analysis and umbrella review of meta-analyses.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Pooled it
- Effects of nutritional supplementation combined with exercise on BMI and lipid profiles in individuals with overweight or obesity: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Pooled it
- Effects of aerobic exercise on body composition in children and adolescents with overweight and obesity: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.BMC public health · 2025Pooled it
- V̇OScandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports · 2026Article
- Carbohydrate and Fat Oxidation in Muscle Assessed with Exercise Calorimetry in 6465 Subjects.Metabolites · 2026Article
- Immediate Effect of Whole-Body Vibration Exercise Performed in Vertical Versus Side-Alternating Displacement Modes on Physiological Parameters, Perception of Effort, Strength and Functionality in Adults with Obesity.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Maximal fat oxidation training improves mental health in children with obesity: a 2-month randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2026Article
- The impact of maximal fat oxidation intensity exercise on glucose and lipid metabolism in individuals with overweight or obesity: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Biology of sport · 2026Review
- Structured Sanda training as an innovative exercise intervention for young men with obesity: metabolic load distribution and adaptive responses compared with moderate-intensity continuous cycling.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2026Article
- Μaximal Fat Oxidation During Cycle Ergometer Protocols in Obese Adults: A Scoping Review.Diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Comment on: Exercise Testing for Metabolic Flexibility: Time for Protocol Standardization.Sports medicine - open · 2025Article
- Comparative Contributions of Oxygen Uptake Efficiency and Maximal Oxygen Uptake to Fat Oxidation Metrics in Healthy Male Adults.Sports medicine - open · 2025Article
- Methodological issues related to maximal fat oxidation and FATmax reproducibility: a narrative review.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2025Review
- Two Tabata cycles in a single training set maximize fat oxidation after exercise in male college students with overweight/obesity.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Associations of reallocating time between movement behaviours with adiposity and physical fitness among employees: a compositional data analysis.BMC public health · 2025Article
- New Frontiers in Nutritional and Therapeutic Interventions for Obesity Phenotypes.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Review
- Predicting Sprint Potential: A Machine Learning Model Based on Blood Metabolite Profiles in Young Male Athletes.European journal of sport science · 2025Article
- Exercise training improves metabolic and circulatory function in COPD patients with NAFLD: evidence from clinical and molecular profiling.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- Fasting vs. post-breakfast tabata exercise: implications for substrate metabolism and energy expenditure in young normal-weight women.Frontiers in physiology · 2025Article
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4 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundExercise training performed at maximal fat oxidation (FATmax) is an efficient non-pharmacological approach for the management of obesity and its related cardio-metabolic disorders.
objectivesTherefore, this work aimed to provide exercise intensity guidelines and training volume recommendations for maximizing fat oxidation in patients with obesity.
methodsA systematic review of original articles published in English, Spanish or French languages was carried out in EBSCOhost, PubMed and Scopus by strictly following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) statement. Those studies that analyzed maximal fat oxidation (MFO) and FATmax in patients with obesity (body fat > 25% for men; > 35% for women) by calculating substrate oxidation rates through indirect calorimetry during a graded exercise test with short-duration stages (< 10 min) were selected for quantitative analysis. The accuracy of relative oxygen uptake (% peak oxygen uptake [%[Formula: see text]O
resultsSixty-four manuscripts were selected from 146 records; 23 studies only recruited men (n = 465), 14 studies only evaluated women (n = 575), and 27 studies included individuals from both sexes (n = 6434). The majority of the evaluated subjects were middle-aged adults (aged 40-60 y; 84%) with a poor cardiorespiratory fitness (≤ 43 mL·kg
conclusionRelative heart rate rather than relative oxygen uptake should be used for establishing FATmax reference values in patients with obesity. A heart rate of 61-66% HR
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