{"id":161118,"date":"2021-01-23T03:19:07","date_gmt":"2021-01-23T00:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/being-fat-but-fit-isnt-really-possible-study-says\/"},"modified":"2021-01-23T03:19:07","modified_gmt":"2021-01-23T00:19:07","slug":"being-fat-but-fit-isnt-really-possible-study-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/being-fat-but-fit-isnt-really-possible-study-says\/","title":{"rendered":"#Being ‘fat but fit’ isn’t really possible, study says"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Being ‘fat but fit’ isn’t really possible, study says<\/strong>”
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New research has just plunged a dagger through the core of the mentality that you can be \u201cfat but fit.\u201d<\/p>\n

Physical activity does nothing to cancel the harmful effects of excess body weight on cardiovascular health, according to a bombshell study<\/a> published Thursday in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, a journal of the European Society of Cardiology.<\/p>\n

The findings contradict previous studies concluding that maintaining physical activity could lessen the effects of extra body weight on heart health.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne cannot be \u2018fat but healthy,\u2019 \u201d said the study\u2019s author, Alejandro Lucia, a professor of exercise physiology at the European University of Madrid. \u201cThis was the first nationwide analysis to show that being regularly active is not likely to eliminate the detrimental health effects of excess body fat. Our findings refute the notion that a physically active lifestyle can completely negate the deleterious effects of overweight and obesity.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lucia cites previous research that suggested, in adults and children, a \u201cfat-but-fit\u201d lifestyle could be in similar cardiovascular heath to those who are \u201cthin but unfit\u201d \u2014 and adds that\u2019s led people astray from the true priority.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis has led to controversial proposals for health policies to [prioritize] physical activity and fitness above weight loss,\u201d he said. \u201cOur study sought to clarify the links between activity, body weight, and heart health.\u201d<\/p>\n

This study surveyed data from 527,662 working Spanish adults, all insured by a large occupational risk prevention company. Thirty-two percent of the participants were women; The average age was 42.<\/p>\n

They were categorized by activity level and body weight \u2014 with some 42 percent classified as normal weight with a body mass index (BMI) of 20 to 24.9. App<\/a>roximately 41 percent were overweight, with a BMI of 25 to 29.9, while 18 percent were considered obese, with a BMI of 30 or above. The majority of the study\u2019s pool, more than 63 percent, were physically inactive. About 24 percent were regularly active and just more than 12 percent were considered insufficiently active.<\/p>\n

The research team then examined the associations between BMI, level of physical activity, and high cholesterol, high blood pressure and diabetes \u2014 the three of which carry big risks for heart attack and stroke.<\/p>\n

They found that across all BMI measurements, any physical activity was linked to a lower likelihood of diabetes, high cholesterol and high blood pressure when compared to no exercise at all.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis tells us that everyone, irrespective of their body weight, should be physically active to safeguard their health,\u201d said Lucia. <\/p>\n

So yes, being active is important. But size still matters.<\/p>\n

Regardless of activity levels, the overweight and obese participants faced higher cardiovascular risks than those with normal body weight. When compared to inactive normal-weight adults, physically active obese people were still about twice as likely to have high cholesterol, four times more likely to have diabetes and five times more likely to have high blood pressure.<\/p>\n

\u201cExercise does not seem to compensate for the negative effects of excess weight,\u201d he added. \u201cThis finding was also observed overall in both men and women when they were [analyzed] separately.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lucia concluded that obesity and inactivity must both be combatted.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt should be a joint battle,\u201d he said. \u201cWeight loss should remain a primary target for health policies together with promoting active lifestyles.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, the study makes no mention or recommendations for diet \u2014 and when it comes to an example of physical activity, Lucia said \u201cwalking 30 minutes per day is better than walking 15 minutes a day.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sean Heffron, MD, a cardiologist at the Center for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases at NYU Langone Health, underscored that obesity is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease \u2014 as is insufficient physical activity \u2014 but weight loss requires a two-part formula.<\/p>\n

\u201cExercise in and of itself isn\u2019t the kind of way to lose weight,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s complementary to having an ideal body weight,\u201d but improving your diet is the other piece of the puzzle.<\/p>\n

\u201cCertainly the ideal would be to have both.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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