Dr. Poehlman’s research on increase in body fat with age
Anti aging, Body Building, Buy hgh, Guide, HgH, News, Review, Tips, Weight loss Comments (0)
Increasing levels of total and central body fat with advancing age contribute to the development of cardiovascular and metabolic disease. In 1995, Dr. Poehlman at the Baltimore Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Maryland examined gender-related differences and physiological predictors of the rate of increase in total and central body fat in 427 men and women. Controlling for these variables reduced the increase in fat mass from 17 to 3 percent per decade in men and from 26 to 5 percent per decade in women. Dr. Poehlman’s team found that the increase in waist circumference with age was greater in women than in men, and was most strongly associated with declines in VO2 and leisure-time physical activity. Control for these variables reduced the age-related increase in waist circumference from 2 to 1 percent per decade in men and from 4 to 1 percent per decade I women. Their findings suggest that:
Age-related increase in fat mass and waist circumference is greater in women than in men.
Changes in physiology with age reflect a decline in physical activity-related energy expenditure- an important predictor of total and central body fat.
Most important, the team concludes that lifestyle changes which increases the levels of physical activity may be advantageous in retarding age-related increases in fat.
Popularity: 2% [?]
 |
   |