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Download filePostprandial metabolism and physical activity in Asians: a narrative review
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posted on 2021-10-18, 11:14 authored by Chihiro Nagayama, Stephen Burns, Alice ThackrayAlice Thackray, David StenselDavid Stensel, Masashi MiyashitaThe widespread benefits of physical activity in enhancing health and lowering the risk of non-communicable chronic diseases are well established across populations globally. Nevertheless, the prevalence of several lifestyle-related chronic diseases, including cardiovascular, varies markedly across countries and ethnicities. Direct ethnic comparative studies on the health benefits of physical activity are sparse and evidence-based physical activity guidelines are not ethnicity specific. Indeed, physical activity guidelines in some Asian countries were developed primarily based on data from Western populations even though the magnitude of potential benefit may not be the same among different ethnic groups. Unfavourable diurnal perturbations in postprandial triglyceride and glucose are risk factors for cardiovascular disease. This narrative review summarises differences in these risk factors primarily between individuals of Asian and white European descent but also within different Asian groups. Moreover, the variable effects of physical activity on mitigating risk factors among these ethnic groups are highlighted along with the underlying metabolic and hormonal factors that potentially account for these differences. Future ethnic comparative studies should include investigations in understudied ethnic groups, such as those of East Asian origin, given that the effectiveness of physical activity for ameliorating cardiovascular disease varies even among Asian groups.
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School
- Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences
Published in
International Journal of Sports MedicineVolume
42Issue
11Pages
953-966Publisher
Thieme PublishingVersion
- VoR (Version of Record)
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This is an Open Access Article. It is published by Thieme Publishing under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Licence (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Acceptance date
2021-04-15Publication date
2021-08-09Copyright date
2021ISSN
0172-4622eISSN
1439-3964Publisher version
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