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Metabolic adaptation
Maintaining or increasing physical activity and cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) can improve prognosis independent of BMI and changes in body weight.
Encouraging physical activity and improving CRF should be a priority in managing patients with cardiovascular disease.
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Recent evidence suggests that maintaining or increasing physical activity (PA) and CRF can improve prognosis to a greater degree, independent of BMI and changes in body weight.
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Source
The Obesity Paradox in Cardiovascular Diseases
Carl J. Lavie et al. · Journal of Clinical Exercise Physiology · 2019
DOI 10.31189/2165-6193-8.1.47
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