IMPACT OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY ON OBESITY IN ADULTS

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https://doi.org/10.24193/subbeag.65(3).23

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physical activity, obesity, overweight.

Abstract

The significant increase of the prevalence of overweight and obese adults raises the importance of approaching this major issue of public health. Our modern life style characterized by the intake of highly caloric food and low levels of physical activity, accompanied by long periods of sitting and a poor sleep interacts with our basic biology creating an environment where the circadian rhythms are disrupted which more often result in a higher number of metabolic disorders. The excess of body weight is associated with many negative effects upon health including but not limited to cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, some form of cancers and muscle and bone disorders. Since the physical activity is more and more performed in organized environment, the importance of physical activity in the society increased in time, not only for the individual but for the public health. Our daily life becomes less and less physically active, while organized physical training increases. The average caloric intake is increasing, which means more unconsumed energy and as a result more overweight persons with health problems. Physical training seems to be an important factor in approaching this epidemic of obesity. This paperwork aims to revise the literature to determine if the physical activity can be associated with the prevention of weight gaining in obese adults.

REZUMAT. Impactul activității fizice asupra obezității la adulți. Creșterea semnificativă a prevalenței excesului de greutate și obezitate a crescut importanța abordării acestei probleme semnificative de sănătate publică. Stilul nostru de viață modern predominant care încorporează accesul continuu la alimente cu densitate energetică și niveluri scăzute de activitate fizică obișnuită, însoțite de perioade de ședință prelungită și calitate/cantitate inadecvată de somn interacționează cu biologia de bază pentru a crea un mediu în care ritmurile circadiene sunt perturbate, ducând adesea la o multitudine de afecțiuni metabolice. Greutatea corporală excesivă este asociată cu numeroase rezultate negative asupra sănătății care includ, dar nu se limitează la boli cardiovasculare, diabet, unele forme de cancer și afecțiuni musculo-scheletice. Deoarece activitatea fizică se desfășoară tot mai mult în mod organizat, rolul activității fizice în societate a devenit din ce în ce mai important de-a lungul anilor, nu numai pentru individ, ci și pentru sănătatea publică. Se discută că viața noastră de zi cu zi devine din ce în ce mai puțin activă fizic, în timp ce exercițiile și antrenamentele organizate cresc. Aportul mediu de energie este în creștere, creând un surplus de energie și, astfel, vedem un număr din ce în ce mai mare de persoane supraponderale, ceea ce contribuie puternic la problemele de sănătate. Exercițiul fizic pare a fi un factor important pentru abordarea epidemiei de obezitate. În lucrarea de față se realizează o revizuire a literaturii de specialitate pentru a determina dacă activitatea fizică este asociată cu prevenirea creșterii în greutate la adulții obezi.

Cuvinte-cheie: activitate fizică, obezitate, supraponderalitate.

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2020-09-30

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NUȚ, R. A. (2020). IMPACT OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY ON OBESITY IN ADULTS. Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai Educatio Artis Gymnasticae, 65(3), 77–86. https://doi.org/10.24193/subbeag.65(3).23

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