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ReviewNutrients2025

The Impact of Physical Activity on Weight Loss in Relation to the Pillars of Lifestyle Medicine-A Narrative Review.

Natalia Niezgoda, Tomasz Chomiuk, Przemysław Kasiak, Artur Mamcarz, Daniel Śliż

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Review in Nutrients, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Pilot Investigation on the Metabolic Effects ofInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Natalia Niezgoda3rd Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Medical University of Warsaw, 04-749 Warsaw, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-9188-626X
Tomasz Chomiuk3rd Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Medical University of Warsaw, 04-749 Warsaw, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-1341-327X
Przemysław Kasiak3rd Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Medical University of Warsaw, 04-749 Warsaw, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-0303-6135
Artur Mamcarz3rd Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Medical University of Warsaw, 04-749 Warsaw, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-9569-1486
Daniel Śliż3rd Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Medical University of Warsaw, 04-749 Warsaw, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-5917-8119

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Currently, overweight and obesity are key problems globally. Several modifiable factors influence weight management. The number of obese and overweight people has significantly increased over the past few decades. Therefore, it is crucial to find effective and tailored strategies for weight management in public health and medicine. It has become necessary to take a comprehensive look at the problem of obesity and the process of weight loss, taking into account various aspects of lifestyle. To date, the effectiveness of dietary interventions, training interventions, or a combination of both has been repeatedly studied, with varying results, but a combination of properly selected diet and physical activity is considered the most effective therapy. Physical activity is one of the main tools in the treatment of obesity, in part due to its direct effect on body weight by increasing energy expenditure, especially when paired with other elements of lifestyle. The effect of physical activity is broad, and to properly implement it in obesity therapy, it is necessary to understand its impact on aspects such as body composition, food intake, sleep, alcohol use, and mental state. The primary aim of this review is to present the influence of physical activity on weight loss in combination with the influence of physical activity on other pillars of lifestyle medicine in adults. The secondary aim is to present various dietary, exercise, and combined interventions on weight loss with their efficacies.

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ExerciseLife StyleObesityWeight LossAdultDietEnergy MetabolismHumansOverweightlifestyle medicineobesityphysical activityweight loss

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PMCPMC11944563

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