SynthesisBMC public health2024
Physical activity is associated with lower mortality in adults with obesity: a systematic review with meta-analysis.
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- Insights into Metabolically Healthy Obesity-A Narrative Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
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- Physical activity, sedentary behaviour, and anthropometric profiles in women with and without insulin resistance: a cross-sectional study.BMC women's health · 2026Article
- Independent and joint associations of fatty liver index and physical activity with mortality in adults with hypertension: a nationwide cohort study.Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension · 2026Article
- The impact of exercise on protein levels in Drosophila melanogaster.Biology open · 2026Article
- Joint associations between exercising and classical cardiometabolic risk factors with all-cause, premature and cardiovascular mortality: a prospective cohort study among Mexican adults.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2026Article
- Mepolizumab treatment is associated with physical activity and cardiorespiratory fitness irrespective of endoscopic sinus surgery in patients with chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps: a randomised controlled trial.European clinical respiratory journal · 2026Article
- Barriers to physical activity among university students in the light of psychosocial and body composition determinants.BMC psychology · 2025Observational
- Physical activity and exercise within the context of obesity treatment: Enhancing health beyond weight loss.Journal of sport and health science · 2025Review
- The Gut Microbiome in Human Obesity: A Comprehensive Review.Biomedicines · 2025Review
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- Association between physical activity and all-cause mortality in patients with depression: a prospective cohort study based on NHANES data.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Effectiveness and Components of Health Behavior Interventions on Increasing Physical Activity Among Healthy Young and Middle-Aged Adults: A Systematic Review with Meta-Analyses.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
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Abstract
backgroundObesity is a complex chronic disease associated with several adverse health outcomes that increase mortality risk. Physical activity (PA) is recommended for the prevention and treatment of obesity and is related to a decreased risk of cardiovascular disease, cancer and all-cause mortality. This systematic review and meta-analysis estimates the effect of PA levels on mortality (cardiovascular, cancer and all-cause mortality) in adults with obesity.
methodsA systematic search was conducted in MEDLINE, Embase, Web of Science and SPORTDiscus from inception to June 2024. Prospective cohort studies that explored the association between PA and mortality in adults with obesity (according to their body mass index, ≥ 30 kg/m
resultsA total of 9 prospective cohort studies involving 199,425 adults with obesity (age range: 35-85 years) were included, of which 59,873 were insufficiently active and 84,328 were active. Active individuals had a 21% lower risk of all-cause mortality (HR: 0.79, 95%CI: 0.74 to 0.84; I
conclusionOur data support that moderate to high levels of PA are associated with a 21% lower risk of all-cause and 24% cardiovascular disease mortality in adults with obesity. Although data from the only two published studies seem to indicate a protective effect of PA on cancer risk, the estimates are not statistically significant. SYSTEMATIC REVIEW REGISTRATION: PROSPERO CRD42022309346.
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