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ReviewNutrients2021

The Role of Exercise, Diet, and Cytokines in Preventing Obesity and Improving Adipose Tissue.

Muhammed Mustafa Atakan, Şükran Nazan Koşar, Yasemin Güzel, Hiu Tung Tin, Xu Yan

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Review in Nutrients, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 47 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
47citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
6.7field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

47 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 84 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Muhammed Mustafa AtakanDivision of Exercise Nutrition and Metabolism, Faculty of Sport Sciences, Hacettepe University, 06800 Ankara, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0003-3196-6345
Şükran Nazan KoşarDivision of Exercise Nutrition and Metabolism, Faculty of Sport Sciences, Hacettepe University, 06800 Ankara, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0002-4235-8364
Yasemin GüzelDivision of Exercise Nutrition and Metabolism, Faculty of Sport Sciences, Hacettepe University, 06800 Ankara, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0003-1831-2371
Hiu Tung TinInstitute for Health and Sport (iHeS), Victoria University, P.O. Box 14428, Melbourne 8001, Australia.
Xu YanInstitute for Health and Sport (iHeS), Victoria University, P.O. Box 14428, Melbourne 8001, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-8547-4210
Hacettepe University · TRAustralian Institute for Musculoskeletal Science · AUVictoria University · AU

Funding

Beijing Sport University 2018GJ005
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The prevalence of obesity continues to rise worldwide despite evidence-based public health recommendations. The promise to adopt a healthy lifestyle is increasingly important for tackling this global epidemic. Calorie restriction or regular exercise or a combination of the two is accepted as an effective strategy in preventing or treating obesity. Furthermore, the benefits conferred by regular exercise to overcome obesity are attributed not only to reduced adiposity or reduced levels of circulating lipids but also to the proteins, peptides, enzymes, and metabolites that are released from contracting skeletal muscle or other organs. The secretion of these molecules called cytokines in response to exercise induces browning of white adipose tissue by increasing the expression of brown adipocyte-specific genes within the white adipose tissue, suggesting that exercise-induced cytokines may play a significant role in preventing obesity. In this review, we present research-based evidence supporting the effects of exercise and various diet interventions on preventing obesity and adipose tissue health. We also discuss the interplay between adipose tissue and the cytokines secreted from skeletal muscle and other organs that are known to affect adipose tissue and metabolism.

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Adipose TissueCytokinesDietExerciseHumansObesityCytokinesadipose tissuecytokinesdietexerciseobesity

Identifiers

PMID33922998
PMCPMC8145589
OpenAlexW3158595051

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