Mobile health, physical activity, and obesity

The Influence of Physical Activity on Obesity and Health

1Department of Sport Medicine and Biology of Exercise, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Science, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 17237 Athens, Greece 2Department of Kinesiology, Brock University, St. Catharines, ON, Canada L2S3A1 3Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal 4CIPER, Faculty of Human Movment, Technical University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal...

DEBATE–PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND OBESITY RISK Physical activity does not influence obesity risk: time to clarify the public health message

Over the past 3 decades the obesity epidemic has spread inexorably across societies in all parts of the globe. Unfortunately our understanding of the key factors driving body weight upward – and thereby the public health interventions required to reverse this trend – has advanced much more slowly. Since the 1980s innumerable studies have catalogued the descriptive characteristics of this epidem...

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in younger adults (Kohrt et al. 1991). The interrelationships of age, \i02max, and training status are evident when the loss inVO,max with age is compared for active and sedentary individuals (Figure 3-5). When the cardiorespiratory responses of an older adult are coinpared with those of a young or middleaged adult at the same absolute submaximal rate of work, stroke volume for an older person ...

Physical Activity and Health

Physical activity and health.

Physical activity is an important determinant of both physical and psychological health. Regular physical activity exerts beneficial effects on onset and progression of a number chronic diseases, well-being, and has positive effect to communities and societies. Unfortunately, more than 60% of world-wide adults do not reach the recommended levels of physical activity. This paper presents the pre...