Sentences with phrase «older obese adults»

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The team carried out tests on 24 overweight or obese adults over 45 years old.

Diseases such as coronary heart disease, stroke and non-insulin dependent diabetes are more likely to develop in older children and adults who are obese.

A total of 23 % of adults are obese (with a body mass index (BMI) of over 30 61.3 % are either overweight or obese (with a BMI of over 25) For children, 23.1 % of 4 - 5 year olds are overweight or obese and 33.3 % of 10 - 11 year olds.

And The Gerontologist published its results from interviews with participants: «Motivators and Barriers to Reducing Sedentary Behavior Among Overweight and Obese Older Adults.»

Health Education & Behavior published the new study's quantitative results: «The Feasibility of Reducing Sitting Time in Overweight and Obese Older Adults.»

It may be possible to reduce all - cause death rates among older adults, including those who are obese, by promoting regular physical activity, such as brisk walking for 30 minutes or more on most days of the week (about 8 kcal / kg per week), which will keep most individuals out of the low - fitness category.43 Enhancing functional capacity also should allow older adults to achieve a healthy lifestyle and to enjoy longer life in better health.

Physical activity can lower the risk of heart damage in middle - aged and older adults and reduce the levels of heart damage in people who are obese, according to research published today in JACC: Heart Failure.

A study last year found that obese children and teens have as much plaque in their arteries as a 45 - year - old adult, setting them up for heart disease and other serious health conditions much earlier than their parents.

Researchers from the Örebro University Hospital in Sweden say the obesity - prone kids may be showing subtle signs of «poorer neurological function,» and that may explain why obese adults are at greater risk of dementia and other cognitive problems in old age.

Verreijen AM et al. 2017 Effect of a high protein diet and / or resistance exercise on the preservation of fat free mass during weight loss in overweight and obese older adults: a randomized controlled trial.

[26] improvement in cognitive function and quality of life in obese older adults who lose weight: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24787497

Middle - age adults had even more to gain: The model suggested that an obese 40 - year - old could save between $ 18,000 and $ 32,000 over their lifetime by losing enough to be simply overweight or a healthy weight.

According to CDC, 70.7 % of adults in US aged 20 years and older are overweight or obese.

, 70.7 % of adults in US aged 20 years and older are overweight or obese.