Little by little the conviction that goes with it Fat with the good health; However, a recent study has destroyed every related idea and that’s despite practice regularly the negative effects of the overweight corporal On heart health.
This is the main conclusion of a work published by the magazine on Thursday European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, of theEuropean Society of Cardiology.
The research refutes the idea that a Lifestyle physically active can be completely nullified harmful effects of obesity and the obesity, explains Alejandro Lucía, of the European University of Madrid, which underlines: “You cannot be fat, but healthy“.
The study used data from 527 thousand 662 employees in Spain, with an average age of 42 years and 32 percent of women.
Participants were classified into normal weight (with a body mass index of 20-24.9), overweight (25-29.9) and obesity (30 or higher).
In addition, they were grouped by activity level: regularmente actives, defined as those who make the minimum required by the World Health Organisation; insufficiently active (some moderate to vigorous physical activity every week, but less than the WHO minimum); and inactive (without exercise).
The cardiovascular health was determined based on the three main ones risk factors for heart attack: the diabetes, he high cholesterol and the arterial hypertension.
About 41 percent of the participants were of normal weight, 41 percent overweight, and 18 percent of the people were obese. Most were inactive (63.5 percent), while 12.3 percent were underactive and 24.2 percent were regularly active.
Thirty percent had high cholesterol, 15 percent had high blood pressure, and 3 percent had diabetes, a statement explains European Society of Cardiology, stating that the researchers studied the associations between the body mass index (BMI) and activity of each group and the three risk factors.
In all BMI levelsany activity (whether or not meeting the WHO minimum) was associated with a lower risk of suffering diabetes, arterial hypertension O high cholesterol, compared to the absence of exercise.
“This tells us that everyone, regardless of body weight, must be physically active to protect their health,” summarizes Lucía.
In all weights, chances of diabetes and hypertension decreased as the fysical activity– More activity is better, so walking for 30 minutes a day is better than 15.
Participants with overweight and obesity they presented one increased cardiovascular risk than their normal weight peers, regardless of activity level.
For example compared to inactive individuals from normal weight, the actively obese were about twice as likely to get the high cholesterol, four times more likely to have diabetes and five times more likely to have high blood pressure.
“Exercise does not seem to offset the negative effects of obesity,” concludes this researcher, who points out that the findings were generally observed in men and women.
For Lucia, “de fight obesity And inactivity is equally important; it should be a common fight. Weight loss must remain a primary goal of health policy, along with the promotion of an active lifestyle. ”
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