"Fitness" versus "fatness": impacts cardio-metaboliques respectifs aux differents ages de la vie.

Adipose Tissue/metabolism; Adolescent; Adult; Body Mass Index; Body Weight; Cardiovascular Diseases/metabolism/physiopathology/prevention & control; Energy Metabolism; Humans; Metabolic Syndrome X/metabolism/prevention & control; Middle Aged; Obesity/metabolism/physiopathology/prevention & control; Obesity, Abdominal/metabolism/prevention & control; Physical Fitness; Risk Factors; Weight Loss

Abstract :

[en] 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 has beneficial effects and second, describes the relationship between "fitness" and "fatness" and their respective cardiometabolic consequences at various ages: adolescents, adults and elderly people.

Disciplines :

Cardiovascular & respiratory systems
Endocrinology, metabolism & nutrition

Author, co-author :

ESSER, Nathalie

Paquot, Nicolas ; Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > Diabétologie,nutrition, maladies métaboliques

Scheen, André ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences cliniques > Diabétologie, nutrition et maladie métaboliques - Médecine interne générale

Language :

French

Title :

"Fitness" versus "fatness": impacts cardio-metaboliques respectifs aux differents ages de la vie.

Alternative titles :

[en] Fitness versus fatness: respective cardiometabolic impacts at different age ranges

Publication date :

2010

Journal title :

Revue Médicale de Liège

ISSN :

0370-629X

eISSN :

2566-1566

Publisher :

Hopital de Baviere, Liège, Belgium

Volume :

Issue :

Pages :

199-205

Peer reviewed :

Peer reviewed

Additional URL :

http://www.rmlg.ulg.ac.be

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