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Abdominal obesity and metabolic syndrome: exercise as medicine?

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation, May 2018
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Title
Abdominal obesity and metabolic syndrome: exercise as medicine?
Published in
BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation, May 2018
DOI 10.1186/s13102-018-0097-1
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Authors

Carole A. Paley, Mark I. Johnson

Abstract

Metabolic syndrome is defined as a cluster of at least three out of five clinical risk factors: abdominal (visceral) obesity, hypertension, elevated serum triglycerides, low serum high-density lipoprotein (HDL) and insulin resistance. It is estimated to affect over 20% of the global adult population. Abdominal (visceral) obesity is thought to be the predominant risk factor for metabolic syndrome and as predictions estimate that 50% of adults will be classified as obese by 2030 it is likely that metabolic syndrome will be a significant problem for health services and a drain on health economies.Evidence shows that regular and consistent exercise reduces abdominal obesity and results in favourable changes in body composition. It has therefore been suggested that exercise is a medicine in its own right and should be prescribed as such. This review provides a summary of the current evidence on the pathophysiology of dysfunctional adipose tissue (adiposopathy). It describes the relationship of adiposopathy to metabolic syndrome and how exercise may mediate these processes, and evaluates current evidence on the clinical efficacy of exercise in the management of abdominal obesity. The review also discusses the type and dose of exercise needed for optimal improvements in health status in relation to the available evidence and considers the difficulty in achieving adherence to exercise programmes. There is moderate evidence supporting the use of programmes of exercise to reverse metabolic syndrome although at present the optimal dose and type of exercise is unknown. The main challenge for health care professionals is how to motivate individuals to participate and adherence to programmes of exercise used prophylactically and as a treatment for metabolic syndrome.

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Country Count As %
Unknown 500 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 78 16%
Student > Master 60 12%
Researcher 27 5%
Student > Ph. D. Student 27 5%
Student > Postgraduate 22 4%
Other 94 19%
Unknown 192 38%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 81 16%
Nursing and Health Professions 52 10%
Sports and Recreations 39 8%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 33 7%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 14 3%
Other 68 14%
Unknown 213 43%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 110. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 16 February 2024.
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