Physical activity in obesity management

    Publication year: 2020

    Regular physical activity induces a wide range of health benefits in adults across all BMI categories, even in the absence of weight loss. Aerobic and resistance exercise can favour the mainte­nance or improvements in cardiorespiratory fitness, mobility, strength and muscle mass during weight management interventions. This can be important, as these outcomes are not targeted and sometimes are negatively affected by other therapies, such as caloric restriction, medications and bariatric surgery.