Metabolismo de lípidos: inactividad y ejercicio físico / Lipid metabolism: inactivity and physical activity

Sedentarism is a first rank risk factor for the development of obesity in genetically, susceptible individuals. The regular practice of physical activity is one of the most effective methods for the prevention of obesity and for the defense of a weight loss. Besides it has a beneficial influence on metabolic parameters, even independently of weight loss. Skeletal muscle of trained subjects has a greater capacity for the oxidation of lipids relative to carbohydrates as the result of a series of adaptive processes of the muscle; processes responsible of the beneficial effects of the regular practice of physical activity