Key result
Former endurance and mixed-sport athletes show a lower prevalence of metabolic syndrome than non-athletes.
Why the study?
The effects of participating in vigorous exercises and competitive sports on metabolic syndrome and its components in former athletes remain uncertain.
Does long-term vigorous exercise training reduce the prevalence of metabolic syndrome in former athletes?
Does long-term vigorous exercise training reduce the prevalence of metabolic syndrome in former athletes?
Long-term high-intensity training, particularly in endurance and mixed sports, is associated with a decreased rate of metabolic syndrome in former athletes.
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May support lasting metabolic benefits from endurance training; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
The benefits of physical activity on health are obvious in spite of the effects of participating in vigorous exercises and competitive sports in which they still remain uncertain. The present study examines the widespread presence of the syndrome and its components among former athletes, who were involved in various kind of sports. It also examines the relationship between long-term vigorous exercise training and metabolic syndrome rates and its components. The study examined 18 articles related to epidemiological studies and these articles were grouped based on the type of sport the article focused. The findings have shown that former athletes who participated in endurance training and who also participated in mixed sports have low prevalence of metabolic syndrome and its components when compared to the normal population. The findings also indicate that lower cardiovascular disease mortality is one of the main reasons for the lower metabolic syndrome percentages. On the contrary, for the former power athletes the results of researches are inconsistent. When former athletes engage in mixed sports the finding of researches show their metabolic rates are lower than the normal population. To conclude, long-term high intensity training is related to the decreasing rate of metabolic syndrome in specific groups of athletes.
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Altowerqi et al. (2020) conducted a review in Metabolic syndrome. Long-term vigorous exercise training (former athletes) vs. Normal population was evaluated on Prevalence of metabolic syndrome and its components. Former athletes who participated in endurance training and mixed sports have a lower prevalence of metabolic syndrome and its components compared to the normal population.
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