Cardiorespiratory Fitness

Cardiorespiratory fitness appears to be more important for CVD and CHD survival than weight or BMI, which may explain the existence of the obesity paradox, a speaker reported.

More than half of children aged 12 to 15 years do not have healthy cardiorespiratory function, according to a scientific statement released by the American Heart Association.

In adolescents, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease correlated with decreased cardiorespiratory fitness, irrespective of BMI, according to recently published results.

PHILADELPHIA — Compared with moderate-intensity continuous training and controls who received advice based on national physical fitness standards in Norway, 5 years of supervised high-intensity interval training was associated with improved rates of all-cause mortality in older adults.

Higher estimated cardiorespiratory fitness levels appeared associated with a lower risk for venous thromboembolism, according to results of a population-based cohort study published in Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis.

Lower cardiorespiratory fitness levels were linked to a higher risk for depression and anxiety disorders, according to findings from a systematic review and meta-analysis published in Journal of Affective Disorders.