ArticleFrontiers in physiology2021
Scientific Challenges on Theory of Fat Burning by Exercise.
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- Genetics of Exercise and Diet-Induced Fat Loss Efficiency: A Systematic Review.Journal of sports science & medicine · 2024Pooled it
- Physical Exercise vs. Metformin to Improve Delivery- and Newborn-Related Outcomes Among Pregnant Women With Overweight: A Network Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in medicine · 2021Pooled it
- Changes in body composition and low-grade inflammation status in boys during a basketball afterschool program for three years.Scientific reports · 2025Trial
- Influence of Fibroblast Growth Factor 21 on Delayed Glycemic Improvement Following Acute Exercise in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.Diabetes & metabolism journal · 2026Article
- Exogenous lactate infusion enhanced VMH neuroplasticity and visceral fat reduction via PGC-1α-ERα pathway in female rats.European journal of applied physiology · 2026Article
- The Role of Exercise in Fat Oxidation and Its Impact on Adolescent Metabolism.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2026Review
- The effects of different exercise types on insulin resistance and inflammatory markers in overweight female wrestlers.Journal of exercise rehabilitation · 2025Article
- The hypothalamic estrogen receptor α pathway is involved in high-intensity interval training-induced visceral fat loss in premenopausal rats.Lipids in health and disease · 2025Article
- Isotemporal substitution of sedentary time with different physical activity intensities and sleep in obesity parameters across eight latin American countries.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- High-intensity interval training or lactate administration combined with aerobic training enhances visceral fat loss while promoting VMH neuroplasticity in female rats.Lipids in health and disease · 2024Article
- Aerobic training with moderate or high doses of vitamin D improve liver enzymes, LXRα and PGC-1α levels in rats with T2DM.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Association of Hibiscus sabdariffa and high-intensity interval training induces reduction in adiposity and beneficial metabolic adaptations in obesity without changes in lipid metabolism.Brazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologica · 2024Article
- A Human Model of the Effects of an Instant Sheer Weight Loss on Cardiopulmonary Parameters during a Treadmill Run.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Comparison of visceral fat lipolysis adaptation to high-intensity interval training in obesity-prone and obesity-resistant rats.Diabetology & metabolic syndrome · 2022Article
- Treadmill Training Effect on the Myokines Content in Skeletal Muscles of Mice With a Metabolic Disorder Model.Frontiers in physiology · 2021Article
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Abstract
Exercise training decreases abdominal fat in an intensity-dependent manner. The fat loss effect of exercise has been intuitively thought to result from increased fat burning during and after exercise, defined by conversion of fatty acid into carbon dioxide in consumption of oxygen. Nevertheless, increasing exercise intensity decreases oxidation of fatty acids derived from adipose tissue despite elevated lipolysis. The unchanged 24-h fatty acid oxidation during and after exercise does not provide support to the causality between fat burning and fat loss. In this review, alternative perspectives to explain the fat loss outcome are discussed. In brief, carbon and nitrogen redistribution to challenged tissues (muscle and lungs) for fuel replenishment and cell regeneration against abdominal adipose tissue seems to be the fundamental mechanism underlying the intensity-dependent fat loss effect of exercise. The magnitude of lipolysis (fatty acid release from adipocytes) and the amount of post-meal carbon and nitrogen returning to abdominal adipose tissue determines the final fat tissue mass. Therefore, meal arrangement at the time when muscle has the greatest reconstruction demand for carbon and nitrogen could decrease abdominal fat accumulation while increasing muscle mass and tissue repair.
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