Improvements in cardiorespiratory fitness, muscle strength and body composition to modest weight loss are similar in those with adult- versus childhood-onset obesity
Authors: Lucas GuimarĂ£es Almeida
Affiliations
1 Department of Health, Kinesiology, and Applied Physiology, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
2 Metabolism, Obesity, and Nutrition Lab, School of Health, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Description
Adults who have had obesity from childhood are at greater risk of obesity-related comorbidities compared to those who only develop obesity in adulthood. The main way of mitigating these risks in obesity is with weight loss, which has been shown to positively affect the cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and body composition of adults. However, it is unclear whether the response of these outcomes to weight loss may be influenced by age of obesity onset. The objective of our study was to investigate...
Keywords: age of onset of obesity; behavioural weight loss; caloric restriction; cardiorespiratory fitness; physical activity;
Links
PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37794721/
DOI: 10.1111/cob.12623