Comparison of Fitness and Physical Activity Levels of Obese People with Hypertension

Jana Krzysztoszek,Ida Laudańska-Krzemińska,Janusz Maciaszek,Michał Bronikowski,Monika Karasiewicz

doi:10.3390/app112110330

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Journal: Applied Sciences	Publication Date: Nov 3, 2021
Citations: 4	License type: CC BY 4.0

Affiliation: Poznan University of Medical Sciences

Abstract

This study assessed the relationships between the current level of physical activity (PA) and PA in childhood and the level of physical fitness (PF) of obese people aged 40+ with co-existing hypertension (HT). The study included 82 obese patients with co-existing HT in their history. In order to assess the level of PA, we used the IPAQ. PF was assessed by observing the performance of patients in a fitness test (a 30-s chair stand, a handgrip strength test, a sit-and-reach test, a one leg stand test, a plank test, a wall squat test, and a 2-min step-in-place test). According to the IPAQ category, 24.4% were classified as having a high level of PA, 45.1% a sufficient level of PA, and 30.5% an insufficient level of PA. We noted that the higher the level of PA, the higher the PF—even in obese participants with HT. On the other hand, co-existing diabetes lowered almost all analysed parameters, both biochemical and fitness. The current PA level, a deficiency in which seems to be related to low PF and/or HT, does seem to be related to the degree of PF.

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The Survey of Health, Ageing, and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) has shown that70.1% of the population aged 55–60 years suffers from one or more chronic diseases, while this percentage is higher than 80% for people aged 65+ [1]
We believe that the current work is the first study to present differences in the level of physical fitness (PF) depending on the level of physical activity (PA) of obese people with co-existing HT
Our study shows that the level of PA of obese people with HT is low and particular deficiencies in this respect were noted in people with diagnosed DM

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The Survey of Health, Ageing, and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) has shown that70.1% of the population aged 55–60 years suffers from one or more chronic diseases, while this percentage is higher than 80% for people aged 65+ [1]. The chronic diseases include conditions such as backache, osteoporosis, circulatory system diseases, obesity, type 2 diabetes, and stress, for the prevention and/or therapy of which physical activity is recommended [2]. The awareness of risks related to insufficient physical activity (PA) is very low, which indicates that there is an urgent need for more effective health education and health promotion [3] and that this may be a worldwide problem. As the problem concerns over 20% of the adult population in Canada, guidelines and recommendations for HT education have been immediately updated with new research evidence. Geographical and cultural factors differentiating European nations prevented the generalisation of the scores, it is worth noting that high-sitting-time/low-activity individuals comprised 10% of the examined sample and these participants tended to self-report their general health state as “bad” or “very bad”.

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