Abstract
Almost 35% of overweight or obese individuals are free of any metabolic disorder. This may be explained by a favourable fat distribution. However, those individuals also have a higher level of physical fitness. Therefore, deleterious cardiometabolic effects of excessive fat mass («fatness» ) might be counterbalanced by regular physical activity leading to high cardiorespiratory fitness («fitness»). The present article first analyzes the various pathophysiological mechanisms explaining why muscular exercise exerts beneficial effects and second describes the relationships between «fitness» and «fatness» and their respective cardiometabolic consequences at various lifespans : adolescents, adults and elderly people.
| Translated title of the contribution | Fitness versus fatness: Respective cardiometabolic impacts at different age ranges |
|---|---|
| Original language | French |
| Pages (from-to) | 199-205 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Revue Medicale de Liege |
| Volume | 65 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| State | Published - Apr 2010 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Adolescent
- Age
- Elderly
- Fatness
- Fitness
- Metabolic syndrome
- Obesity
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