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Is weight loss the optimal target for obesity-related cardiovascular disease risk reduction?

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Ross, Robert, Janiszewski, Peter M·2008·Canadian Journal of Cardiology

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In the present review, it is argued that while weight loss is associated with substantial reduction in obesity-related cardiovascular disease risk and remains a desired outcome of relevant treatment strategies, increasing physical activity is associated with marked reduction in waist circumference, visceral fat and cardiometabolic risk factors, concurrent with an increase in cardiorespiratory fitness despite minimal or no change in body weight. Failure to recognize the benefits of exercise independent of weight loss masks opportunities to counsel and educate patients whose sole criteria for gauging obesity reduction success is the bathroom scale.

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  • Exercise might reduce viral reactivation in lean, overweight and obese individuals by decreasing adiposity and maintaining redox balance, limiting accumulation of late-stage differentiated CMV-specific T cells.

    “considering exercise decreases visceral and subcutaneous adiposity even in the absence of “weight loss” (Ross and Janiszewski 2008; Tchernof and Despres 2013), and exercise is a potent anti-inflammatory stimulus that helps maintain redox balance even in obesity (Farinha et al. 2015; Gleeson et al. 2011; Ji et al. 2006; Radak et al. 2008), then exercise might reduce viral reactivation in lean,”

    From Is immunosenescence influenced by our lifetime “dose” of exercise? (2016) · cites this paper as Ross and Janiszewski 2008

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Authors
Ross, R., & Janiszewski, P. M.
Affiliations
Queen's University (CA)
Corresponding author
Ross, Robert
Venue
Canadian Journal of Cardiology
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2008-09
Volume
24
Pages
25D-31D
ISSN
0828-282X (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2078672610
Cited by
141
References
86
Citations by year
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FWCI
1.11
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Canadian Journal of Cardiology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Complementary and alternative medicine › Cardiovascular and exercise physiology
Keywords
obesity, weight loss, cardiovascular risk, physical activity, waist circumference, visceral fat, cardiometabolic risk factors, cardiorespiratory fitness, body weight
MeSH terms
Cardiovascular Diseases, Exercise Therapy, Humans, Morbidity, Obesity, Prognosis, Risk Factors, Global Health, Weight Loss

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