Download or read book The Effects of Aerobic Exercise Training on Vascular Structure and Function in Obese Children written by Aaron Scott Kelly and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Effects of Aerobic Exercise Training on Arterial Stiffness and Autonomic Function in Obese Adults At risk of Cardiovascular Disease and Type 2 Diabetes written by Joshua McGee and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Obesity is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD), CVD mortality, and type 2 diabetes. Arterial stiffness and autonomic dysfunction are independent predictors of CVD and type 2 diabetes. Moreover, African Americans (AA) have a disproportionate prevalence of elevated arterial stiffness compared to Caucasians. Obese individuals have a greater prevalence of diminished autonomic nervous system activity compared to lean individuals. Despite evidence of aerobic exercise training benefiting arterial stiffness and autonomic dysfunction in the general population, optimal intensity and volume for AAs and obese individuals remain unclear. The purpose of this dissertation was to determine whether high-intensity aerobic exercise training improved arterial stiffness and aortic compliance to a greater degree than moderate intensity in obese AAs (study 1), if clinically significant weight loss from a combined hypocaloric diet and aerobic exercise intervention increases heart rate variability (HRV) in obese adults and to evaluate the impact of aerobic exercise volume on HRV during weight maintenance (study 2). Arterial stiffness or aortic compliance did not improve in response to 24 weeks of moderate- or high-intensity, supervised aerobic exercise training at a volume consistent with public health guidelines. However, both groups significantly increased cardiorespiratory fitness compared to the control group. In addition, we observed an inverse relationship between changes in cardiorespiratory fitness and aortic compliance. The results from this study suggest AAs may require greater volumes of weekly aerobic exercise than recommended for the general population to improve arterial stiffness. The 10-week, combined intervention improved major HRV indices of parasympathetic activity. The changes in parasympathetic activity were inversely associated with fasting insulin concentrations. Both groups retained all HRV benefits over the 18-week maintenance phase. The results from this study suggest weight loss via energy restriction and exercise alter autonomic function, leading to improved sympathovagal balance in obese adults, also exercise volumes consistent with physical activity guidelines maintains improvements in autonomic function from weight loss. Collectively, the results of this dissertation provide valuable public health insight for health professionals prescribing aerobic exercise to improve predictors of CVD and type 2 diabetes, specifically arterial stiffness, aortic compliance, and autonomic dysfunction in at-risk, obese adults.
Download or read book The Effects of Aerobic Exercise Training in Children with Lean and Extremely Obese Biological Mothers written by Ashley Michelle Colón and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this study was to compare fat oxidation rates between children of lean biological mothers (CLP) (BMI[less than or equal to]28kg/m2) and children of extremely obese biological mothers (COP) (BMI[greater than or equal to]40 kg/m2); and to determine if aerobic exercise training can improve fat oxidation in both groups in a similar manner. Each participant (n=3 per group) completed two 10 minute submaximal exercise tests at an absolute workload of 15 W and a relative workload of 65% of peak VO2. Respiratory exchange ratio was measured during these submaximal workloads to assess differences and changes in fat oxidation. Participants were matched for age, gender, and race and placed into either CLP or COP based on biological mothers BMI. Each child was recruited for 4 weeks, 3 sessions a week for 30-60 minutes. The exercise protocol consisted of aerobic activities such as tennis, tag, and soccer. Each participant was required to maintain a heart rate of> 140 bpm during each training session. This exercise protocol was approved by the East Carolina Institutional Review Board. No significant difference was seen in the initial respiratory exchange ratios (RER) between groups at an absolute submaximal workload (15 W) prior to training or after training (p=0.25). However, both groups showed a decrease in RER indicating increased in fat utilization from pre to post-training (p=0.06). A significant decrease in carbohydrate use was observed during absolute submaximal exercise in both groups (p=0.03). No significant increase was seen fat oxidation during absolute workload (p=0.21) however they did improve slightly. From our results there appeared to be no differences observed between groups, and no changes with exercise at a relative workload. These findings suggest that aerobic exercise training can improve a child's ability to use fat during submaximal exercise and thus decrease the risk of becoming obese in adulthood.
Download or read book Fitness Measures and Health Outcomes in Youth written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2012-12-10 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Physical fitness affects our ability to function and be active. At poor levels, it is associated with such health outcomes as diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Physical fitness testing in American youth was established on a large scale in the 1950s with an early focus on performance-related fitness that gradually gave way to an emphasis on health-related fitness. Using appropriately selected measures to collected fitness data in youth will advance our understanding of how fitness among youth translates into better health. In Fitness Measures and Health Outcomes in Youth, the IOM assesses the relationship between youth fitness test items and health outcomes, recommends the best fitness test items, provides guidance for interpreting fitness scores, and provides an agenda for needed research. The report concludes that selected cardiorespiratory endurance, musculoskeletal fitness, and body composition measures should be in fitness surveys and in schools. Collecting fitness data nationally and in schools helps with setting and achieving fitness goals and priorities for public health at an individual and national level.
Download or read book The Effect of Aerobic Exercise on Endothelial Dysfunction in Overweight Children written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book ACSM s Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription written by American College of Sports Medicine and published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. This book was released on 2014 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The flagship title of the certification suite from the American College of Sports Medicine, ACSM's Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription is a handbook that delivers scientifically based standards on exercise testing and prescription to the certification candidate, the professional, and the student. The 9th edition focuses on evidence-based recommendations that reflect the latest research and clinical information. This manual is an essential resource for any health/fitness and clinical exercise professional, physician, nurse, physician assistant, physical and occupational therapist, dietician, and health care administrator. This manual give succinct summaries of recommended procedures for exercise testing and exercise prescription in healthy and diseased patients.
Download or read book Educating the Student Body written by Committee on Physical Activity and Physical Education in the School Environment and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2013-11-13 with total page 503 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Physical inactivity is a key determinant of health across the lifespan. A lack of activity increases the risk of heart disease, colon and breast cancer, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, osteoporosis, anxiety and depression and others diseases. Emerging literature has suggested that in terms of mortality, the global population health burden of physical inactivity approaches that of cigarette smoking. The prevalence and substantial disease risk associated with physical inactivity has been described as a pandemic. The prevalence, health impact, and evidence of changeability all have resulted in calls for action to increase physical activity across the lifespan. In response to the need to find ways to make physical activity a health priority for youth, the Institute of Medicine's Committee on Physical Activity and Physical Education in the School Environment was formed. Its purpose was to review the current status of physical activity and physical education in the school environment, including before, during, and after school, and examine the influences of physical activity and physical education on the short and long term physical, cognitive and brain, and psychosocial health and development of children and adolescents. Educating the Student Body makes recommendations about approaches for strengthening and improving programs and policies for physical activity and physical education in the school environment. This report lays out a set of guiding principles to guide its work on these tasks. These included: recognizing the benefits of instilling life-long physical activity habits in children; the value of using systems thinking in improving physical activity and physical education in the school environment; the recognition of current disparities in opportunities and the need to achieve equity in physical activity and physical education; the importance of considering all types of school environments; the need to take into consideration the diversity of students as recommendations are developed. This report will be of interest to local and national policymakers, school officials, teachers, and the education community, researchers, professional organizations, and parents interested in physical activity, physical education, and health for school-aged children and adolescents.
Download or read book Cardiac Structure and Function in Obesity written by ʻAlī Khalīl and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Cardiac Structure and Function in Obesity written by and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Exercise and Diabetes written by Sheri R. Colberg and published by American Diabetes Association. This book was released on 2013-05-30 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Physical movement has a positive effect on physical fitness, morbidity, and mortality in individuals with diabetes. Although exercise has long been considered a cornerstone of diabetes management, many health care providers fail to prescribe it. In addition, many fitness professionals may be unaware of the complexities of including physical activity in the management of diabetes. Giving patients or clients a full exercise prescription that take other chronic conditions commonly accompanying diabetes into account may be too time-consuming for or beyond the expertise of many health care and fitness professionals. The purpose of this book is to cover the recommended types and quantities of physical activities that can and should be undertaken by all individuals with any type of diabetes, along with precautions related to medication use and diabetes-related health complications. Medications used to control diabetes should augment lifestyle improvements like increased daily physical activity rather than replace them. Up until now, professional books with exercise information and prescriptions were not timely or interactive enough to easily provide busy professionals with access to the latest recommendations for each unique patient. However, simply instructing patients to “exercise more” is frequently not motivating or informative enough to get them regularly or safely active. This book is changing all that with its up-to-date and easy-to-prescribe exercise and physical activity recommendations and relevant case studies. Read and learn to quickly prescribe effective and appropriate exercise to everyone.
Download or read book The Effects of Aerobic and Resistance Exercise Training on the Cardiometabolic Health of Adolescents with Obesity written by Angela S. Alberga and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Arteriogenesis written by Wolfgang Schaper and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-04-11 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emphasizes the research activities of Germany’s Nauheim Institute of the Max Planck Society and its group of investigators both past and present, in the field of collateral artery growth. Incorporates a multidisciplinary in vivo approach to the study of arteriogenesis that includes molecular approaches with classical physiology and immunohistochemistry. Full color throughout and well illustrated.
Download or read book Oxford Textbook of Children s Sport and Exercise Medicine written by Neil Armstrong and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2023 with total page 785 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 4th edition of the Oxford Textbook of Children's Sport and Exercise Medicine is the definitive single-volume reference in the field presented in four sections Exercise Science; Exercise Medicine; Sport Science; and Sport Medicine.
Download or read book Exercise Physiology for Health Fitness and Performance written by Sharon Plowman and published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. This book was released on 2007-06-01 with total page 676 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This textbook integrates basic exercise physiology with research studies to stimulate learning, allowing readers to apply principles in the widest variety of exercise and sport science careers. It combines basic exercise physiology with special applications and contains flexible organisation of independent units.
Download or read book Applied Anatomy and Biomechanics in Sport written by Timothy R. Ackland and published by Human Kinetics. This book was released on 2009 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Applied Anatomy and Biomechanics in Sport, Second Edition, offers a variety of information for coaches and sport scientists that can be integrated and applied to the elements of body structure, body composition, assessment, physiology, and biomechanics.
Download or read book The Endothelium written by Thomas F. Luscher and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2020-04-15 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1990: The Endothelium: Modulator of Cardiovascular Function takes a comprehensive look at the role of the endothelium in cardiovascular control in health and disease. Experts offer detailed reviews on specific topics that address these roles of the endothelium: diffusion barrier, blood-brain barrier, regulator of capillary permeability, metabolic function (uptake and enzymatic destruction), conversion of vasoactive products, production of prostanoids, production and release of endothelium-derived relaxing factors, production of endothelium-derived contracting factors, production of coagulation factors, production of fibrinolytic factors, reticulo-endothelial function, role in atherosclerosis, and changes in function with aging and disease. This overview provides the reader with an update on the role of one of the most fascinating cells in cardiovascular biology. It focuses on the multiple functions of those cells and offers the first attempt to draw a parallel between these functions. Anyone studying the fields of physiology and pharmacology will benefit from this "must have" reference resource.
Download or read book Growth Somatic Maturation and Their Impact on Physical Health and Sports Performance written by Francesco Campa and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A total of 11 manuscripts focused on different topics related to youth and sports practice are published in this book. Three papers focus on aspects of physical performance, five papers provide innovative findings in relation to anthropometry and body composition features, one paper examines the difficulties in running online physical education classes in the context of COVID-19, and two focus on the influence of training strategies on muscle strength and blood pressure.
