Exercise
Respiratory muscle strength poor in obese patients
Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, July 14th, 2003
According to recent research published in the journal Endocrinologist, "Obesity is a progressively increasing health problem worldwide. This study was planned to investigate the pulmonary function tests, respiratory muscle strength, and endurance of subjects suffering from obesity, and the effect of different categories of obesity on these parameters."
"Fifty-one subjects suffering from obesity (41 women, 10 men) aged 42.78±10.8 and 44 healthy subjects whose BMI were under 25kg/m2...
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