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- Title
Muscle Strengthening, Aerobic Exercise, and Obesity: A Pooled Analysis of 1.7 Million US Adults.
- Authors
Bennie, Jason A.; De Cocker, Katrien; Pavey, Toby; Stamatakis, Emmanuel; Biddle, Stuart J. H.; Ding, Ding
- Abstract
<bold>Objective: </bold>Both aerobic physical activity and muscle-strengthening exercise are recommended for obesity prevention. However, at the population level, the independent and/or combined associations of these physical activity modalities with obesity are unknown. The aim of this study was to examine the associations between aerobic physical activity and muscle-strengthening exercise with obesity among a representative sample of adults.<bold>Methods: </bold>Data were pooled from four US public health surveillance surveys from 2011 to 2017. Cross-sectional associations between adherence to the aerobic physical activity (≥ 150 min/wk) and muscle-strengthening exercise (≥ 2 times/wk) guidelines with different classes of BMI-defined obesity were examined using Poisson regression. Prevalence ratios are reported as both unadjusted and adjusted for sociodemographic and lifestyle characteristics.<bold>Results: </bold>Data were available for 1,677,108 adults (≥ 18 years old). Compared with meeting neither guideline (reference category), meeting both guidelines was associated with the lowest adjusted prevalence ratios (APRs) for the following: Class I obesity and above (BMI ≥ 30.0 kg/m2 ), APR = 0.54 (95% CI: 0.53-0.54); Class II obesity and above (BMI ≥ 35.0 kg/m2 ), APR = 0.32 (95% CI: 0.31-0.33); and Class III obesity and above (BMI ≥ 40.0 kg/m2 ), APR = 0.21 (95% CI: 0.20-0.21).<bold>Conclusions: </bold>Among nearly 1.7 million US adults, meeting both aerobic and muscle-strengthening exercise guidelines was associated with a lower obesity prevalence, and associations were more pronounced for higher obesity classes.
- Subjects
UNITED States; STRENGTH training; AEROBIC exercises; PUBLIC health surveillance; OBESITY; HEALTH surveys; CROSS-sectional method; MUSCLE strength; EXERCISE
- Publication
Obesity (19307381), 2020, Vol 28, Issue 2, p371
- ISSN
1930-7381
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1002/oby.22673