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Physiology Friday #194: Exercise "Prehab" Prevents Muscle Loss during Inactivity

Physiologically Speaking

Even for individuals who exercise a lot, the evidence would seem to indicate that moving throughout the day is important to maximize training adaptations. This also seems to apply to exercise — older adults need to more of an exercise stimulus to build or maintain muscle.

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Physiology Friday #254: Fueling for Performance and Health: Lessons from a Recent Low-Carb vs. High-Carb Study in Athletes

Physiologically Speaking

Nonetheless, the findings are one data point that should cause us to think differently about exercise metabolism. Participants on the low-carb diet experienced significant reductions in body weight, BMI, and body fat percentage compared to those on the high-carb diet. I’m being a bit tongue-in-cheek here, of course.

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Physiology Friday #199: High-Intensity Interval Training Reduces Coronary Artery Plaque

Physiologically Speaking

Exercise prevents and reverses cardiovascular disease, but whether high-intensity exercise training (HIIT) is safe and effective for adults after minimally invasive heart surgery is unknown. Exercise is a wonder drug for cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention and reversal. And the more you exercise, the better your outcomes.

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Physiology Friday #200: Higher Aerobic Fitness is Tied to Slower Biological Aging

Physiologically Speaking

1 Researchers used DNA samples from a total of 144 Japanese men between 65 and 72 years of age to calculate biological age acceleration using several well-established biological clocks: the Horvath clock, the Hannum clock, the PhenoAge clock, the GrimAge clock, and the FitAge clock. A recent study provides us with some novel insight.

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Expert Perspective: The Obesity Paradox with Salvatore Carbone, PhD

Cardiometabolic Health Congress

2, 3] This association is more pronounced for those with class I obesity, which is a body mass index (BMI) between 30-35 kg/m2. These individuals tend to have a better prognosis when compared to both individuals with normal weight (BMI of 18.5 to 25 kg/m2) and underweight (BMI less than 18.5

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Obesity in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: Insights from the REDUCE LAP?HF II trial

European Journal of Heart Failure

Patients with more severe obesity were more likely to have responder characteristics for atrial shunt therapy (fewer pacemakers and lower exercise pulmonary vascular resistance [PVR]). of patients had BMI ≥30 kg/m 2. Strain measurements in all four chambers were maintained as BMI increased. Overall, 60.9%

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Exploring Obesity and the Latest Advances in Weight Loss Drugs during Healthy Weight Week

Cardiometabolic Health Congress

These pharmaceutical interventions have emerged as a viable option for individuals who have been struggling with weight management and offer an additional tool alongside other lifestyle modifications such as exercise. Previous research has demonstrated that adults with obesity who were given once-weekly survodutide 4.8 at 36 weeks.

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