摘要：Obesity is associated with significant cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. A weight loss strategy includingdiet and exercise is routinely recommended to achieve weight loss and cardiovascular risk reduction. Although thebenefits of exercise for cardiovascular risk reduction are well accepted, exercise is generally thought to be lesseffective than caloric restriction in achieving and maintaining weight loss and to be most useful when coupled withdiet and especially to maintain weight loss achieved by diet. However, similar weight loss to that achieved with dietcan occur providing energy deficits are comparable. This however may necessitate efforts to curb a compensatoryincrease in caloric intake associated with exercise. Even in the absence of weight loss, exercise has many beneficialeffects, including a decrease both abdominal and visceral fat, an increase in lean body mass, and improvements ininsulin sensitivity, lipid profile, and cardiovascular fitness.
