Does fitness improve the cardiovascular risk profile in obese subjects?

Good cardiorespiratory fitness has been suggested to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease in obesity. We explored the association of fitness with the prevalences of major cardiovascular risk factor like hypertension (HT), diabetes and metabolic syndrome (MetS) in overweight and obese subjects.

Source: Nutrition, Metabolism, and Cardiovascular Diseases : NMCD - April 25, 2017 Category: Nutrition Authors: H. Halland, M.T. L ønnebakken, S. Saeed, H. Midtbø, D. Cramariuc, E. Gerdts Source Type: research