Atherosclerotic cardiovascular (CV) disease (ASCVD) incidence and mortality rates are
declining in many countries in Europe, but it is still a major cause of morbidity and mortality …

Insulin resistance, defined as a defect in insulin-mediated control of glucose metabolism in
tissues—prominently in muscle, fat and liver—is one of the earliest manifestations of a …

This consensus statement is an update of the 2010 ACSM position stand on exercise and
type 2 diabetes. Since then, a substantial amount of research on select topics in exercise in …

or therapeutic medical strategies. However, the ESC Guidelines do not override in any way
whatsoever the individual responsibility of health professionals to make appropriate and …

The anaerobic threshold (AT) remains a widely recognized, and contentious, concept in
exercise physiology and medicine. As conceived by Karlman Wasserman, the AT coalesced …

Mistakenly thought to be the consequence of oxygen lack in contracting skeletal muscle we
now know that the L-enantiomer of the lactate anion is formed under fully aerobic conditions …

Abstract The US Preventive Services Task Force has recommended that primary care
clinicians screen all adults for obesity and provide those affected intensive multicomponent …

Background: Many of the known solutions to the physical inactivity pandemic operate across
sectors relevant to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Methods …

Hypertension is a major risk factor for cardiovascular and renal diseases in the United States
and worldwide. Obesity accounts for much of the risk for primary hypertension through …

Physical activity (PA) has strong relevance for limiting the harms to human health and well-
being due to the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. 1 Active muscles …