Garber Carol Ewing
Department of Biobehavioral Sciences, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY.
Curr Sports Med Rep. 2019 Aug;18(8):287-291. doi: 10.1249/JSR.0000000000000619.
More than 30% of U.S. adults are obese or overweight. A program of regular physical activity is recommended as part of an effective lifestyle intervention for weight loss and weight management. However, more than 40% of adults do not engage in sufficient physical activity to realize these beneficial effects on body weight. Physicians may encounter many barriers to counseling physical activity, such as lack of knowledge or self-efficacy for counseling patients about physical activity. Obese individuals may be reluctant to exercise because of weight stigma, physique anxiety, and other factors; therefore, referral to a weight management specialist or clinical exercise physiologist can be helpful in facilitating exercise and assisting in achieving a clinically meaningful weight loss. Exercise has many benefits on physical and mental health and well-being that go well beyond weight loss, and it is for these reasons that exercise is particularly important for overweight and obese individuals.
超过30%的美国成年人肥胖或超重。建议将定期体育活动计划作为有效的生活方式干预措施的一部分，用于减肥和体重管理。然而，超过40%的成年人没有进行足够的体育活动来实现对体重的这些有益影响。医生在为患者提供体育活动咨询时可能会遇到许多障碍，比如缺乏关于为患者提供体育活动咨询的知识或自我效能感。肥胖个体可能由于体重耻辱感、体型焦虑和其他因素而不愿锻炼；因此，转诊给体重管理专家或临床运动生理学家有助于促进锻炼并协助实现具有临床意义的体重减轻。运动对身心健康和幸福感有许多益处，远远超出减肥范畴，正是出于这些原因，运动对超重和肥胖个体尤为重要。
