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    STUDIA EDUCATIO ARTIS GYMNASTICAE - Issue no. 1 / 2004  
         
  Article:   OBESITY – A RISK FACTOR IN POSTINDUSTRIAL SOCIETY.

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  Abstract:  Obesity – a Risk Factor in Postindustrial Society. Obesity is a chronic disease for which short-term intervention has limited effectiveness and long-term succes is rare and primarily limited to surgical treatment. Clinicians should approach obesity as a disease in itself as well as managing its comorbidities. Exercise has an important contribution in the management of obesity as a vital adjunct to diet, drugs, and surgical treatment. An exercise prescription for weight loss requires manipulating intensity and duration to benefit caloric expenditure and may not provide cardiovascu¬lar inprovements in those patients with comorbidities that require associated fitness benefits.  
         
     
         
         
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