Search results for "Lihavuus"
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The role of physical activity and exercise in obesity and weight management: Time for critical appraisal
2016
The prevalence of overweight and obesity has increased dramatically during last 3 decades with devastating consequences to public health. Recommended strategies to reduce obesity have focused on healthier diet and physical activity (PA). Clearly, these approaches have not been successful, but whether this is due to failure to restrict energy intake or to maintain high levels of energy expenditure has been the subject of great controversy. Consequently, there has been a great deal of confusion about the role of PA and exercise in obesity and weight management. In this article, the theoretical basis for considering reduced PA and energy expenditure as the cause of obesity is appraised. Furthe…
Effect of aerobic exercise on insulin resistance and central adiposity disappeared after the discontinuation of intervention in overweight women
2016
Purpose: This study aimed to assess whether the benefits of exercise on central adiposity and insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) are maintained after discontinuation of intervention in the overweight/obese (OWOB) women. Methods: The study subjects were from 2 independent studies with similar aerobic exercise (AE) intervention programs. In study I, 15 OWOB postmenopausal women with pre-diabetes (body mass index, BMI = 24–33 kg/m2 , aged 52–65 years) completed an 8-month exercise intervention and were followed for 2 years after the intervention. In study II, 12 OWOB (BMI = 25–35 kg/m2 , aged 30–50 years) premenopausal women participated in a 6-week AE and were followed for 4 years after the interve…
Lihavuuden biopoliittinen haltuunotto : Suomen Lääkärilehden tekstit lihavuudesta vuosilta 1995-2008 medikalisoituneessa kulttuurissa
2009
Tutkielmassa käsitellään Suomen Lääkärilehden (n=47) kirjoittelua lihavuudesta ja ylipainosta vuosien 1995-2008 väliseltä ajalta. Varsinainen tutkimustehtävä on kahtalainen: tutkimuksessa keskitytään siihen millaisia hegemonisia diskursseja terveysalan asiantuntijat tuottavat Suomen Lääkärilehden lihavuuspuheessa. Toisekseen tarkastellaan, miten esiin nostetuilla hegemonisilla diskursseilla pyritään kontrolloimaan ihmisten elämänkäytäntöjä. Huomio kohdistuu erityisesti lihavuuden ja ruumiillisuuksien hallinnan käytäntöihin, joilla terveysammattilaiset pyrkivät vaikuttamaan ihmisten tapoihin orientoitua elämäänsä. Tutkimuksen teoreettis-metodologiset ratkaisut pohjautuivat sosiaalisen konstr…
Aerobic exercise training and gut microbiome-associated metabolic shifts in women with overweight : a multi-omic study
2023
Physical activity is essential in weight management, improves overall health, and mitigates obesity-related risk markers. Besides inducing changes in systemic metabolism, habitual exercise may improve gut’s microbial diversity and increase the abundance of beneficial taxa in a correlated fashion. Since there is a lack of integrative omics studies on exercise and overweight populations, we studied the metabolomes and gut microbiota associated with programmed exercise in obese individuals. We measured the serum and fecal metabolites of 17 adult women with overweight during a 6-week endurance exercise program. Further, we integrated the exercise-responsive metabolites with variations in the gu…
Monenlaisia tunteita lihavan liikkeen äärellä
2022
Feministinen tutkimus on kritisoinut objektiivisen tieteenteon ihannetta jo vuosikymmenet. Silti tutkija voi hämmentyä huomatessaan suhtautuvansa omaan tutkimuskohteeseensa ristiriitaisesti. Moninaiset tunteet on kuitenkin hyvä sanallistaa, jotta niistä voidaan käydä keskustelua ja jopa kääntää ne vahvuudeksi. nonPeerReviewed
Fundamental movement skills and weight status in children: A systematic review
2017
Background Obesity has become a major health challenge in children. Fundamental movement skills (FMS) are suggested to have an important role for being physically active and decreasing the risk of obesity. This systematic review aimed to give an overview of studies providing evidence for a relationship between FMS and the weight status in children. Material/Methods A systematic search of five electronic databases (MEDLINE (PubMed), SportDiscus, ERIC, PsycInfo and SCOPUS) was conducted in January 2015. Studies examining associations between FMS and weight status in children aged 3–12 years were included. Results The final sample included 12 cross-sectional studies. Seven studies found statis…
A cross-cultural examination of fat women’s experiences: Stigma and gender in North American and Finnish culture
2019
In this manuscript, the voices of women of size in North America and Finland indicate that there is a shared experience of being fat. Based on cross-cultural analysis of our respective empirical findings, we argue that there is a shared Western fat lived experience that perpetuates a stigmatized gendered landscape of living with a fat body. The emergent themes tended to revolve around two similar contradictions—the phenomenon of hyper(in)visibility and a belief their fatness is a temporary or liminal state—both of which lead to an internalization of fat hatred. We argue that these findings stem from the tremendous stigma and mistreatment that both samples of women face in their daily lives.…
Serum metabolic profiles in overweight and obese women with and without metabolic syndrome.
2014
Objective: To identify serum biomarkers through metabolomics approach that distinguishes physically inactive overweight/obese women with metabolic syndrome from those who are metabolically healthy, independent of body weight and fat mass. Methods: We applied nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy-based profiling of fasting serum samples to examine the metabolic differences between 78 previously physically inactive, body weight and fat mass matched overweight/obese premenopausal women with and without MetS. MetS was defined as the presence of at least three of the following five criteria: waist circumference ≥ 88 cm, serum triacylglycerol ≥ 1.7 mmol/L, and high density lipoprotein cholester…
Women and fat : approaches to the social study of fatness
2009
Laihduttamisen merkityksiä nuorelle aikuiselle : "ei oo ikinä tarkootus olla enää sen kokoonen"
2014
Tutkimuksen tarkoituksena oli kuvata ja ymmärtää nuorten aikuisten, joilla oli taustalla vaikea tai sairaalloinen lihavuus, merkityksiä laihduttamisesta. Tutkimukseen osallistui kuusi 22 - 29-vuotiasta henkilöä; neljä naista ja kaksi miestä. Ennen laihduttamista heidän painoindeksinsä(BMI) sijoittuivat välille 34.9 - 48.3 ja haastatteluhetkellä välille 25.9 - 34.7. Laihduttamisen aloittamisesta oli aikaa vuodesta neljään vuotta. Tutkimuksessa käytettiin fenomenologis-hermeneuttista tutkimusmenetelmää ja haastatteluaineisto analysoitiin Giorgin (1985) ja Laineen (2010) nelivaiheisella analyysimenetelmällä. Kaikki tutkimukseen osallistuneet nuoret aikuiset olivat olleet lihavia lapsesta saakk…