Effect of sports on the distribution of body fat
Israel, S.; Kraft, W.
Zeitschrift für die Gesamte Innere Medizin und ihre Grenzgebiete 45(24): 729-732
1990
ISSN/ISBN: 0044-2542 PMID: 2102031 Document Number: 361670
The pathogenetic effectiveness of the risk factor overweight is essentially modified by the distribution of the fatty depot. The form of obesity, the primary obesity, which above all is to be found in men is connected with a relatively high risk for the appearance and progression of several chronic diseases which at present determine morbidity. An only two-hour sports activity per week has a great influence on the size and the distribution of the lipopexia. Sporting persons have less body fat than inactive ones. In particular in sporting males the deposition of fat in the abdominal region is much limited.