ULOGA FIZIČKE AKTIVNOSTI I VJEŽBANJA KOD PRETILOSTI I KONTROLE TEŽINE

Abstract

The prevalence of overweight and obesity has increased during the last decade causing devastating
consequences to the public health. Health and dietary exerts recommended healthier diet and
physical activity as strategies to reduce obesity. However, there has been a great deal of confusion
about the role of physical activity and exercise in obesity and weight management in general. The
focus of this article is based on the fact that reduced physical activity and energy expenditure cause
obesity and the obesity can lead to serious health problems among which are cardio vascular
diseases. The idea that obesity is caused by consistent decline in daily energy expenditure is not
supported either by objective measures of energy expenditure or physiological theory of weight gain
alone. However, since voluntary exercise is the most important discretionary component of total daily
energy expenditure, it can affect energy balance. In regards to the above-mentioned physical activity
has a big potential to become important part of the solution for the ongoing obesity epidemic.