Introduction
Most health organization encourages the adoption of a healthy lifestyle comprised of sufficient physical activities and a balanced diet. The evidence for the utility of physical activity to manage risk factors for cardiovascular diseases is remarkable. There are evaluations on the influence of physical activity on factors of cardio-metabolic disorders. According to Ruiz, et al (2008) a prospective cohort research conducted to determine the association between muscular strength and mortality from all causes, e.g. cardiovascular disease and cancer indicated an inverse proportion of muscular strength to death. AVENA cohort (2007) study conducted in Spain to determine whether the level of physical activity in Spanish adolescents influenced lipid and metabolic profiles. The results indicated an inverse relationship between the lipid metabolic index to strength. The study showed that physical fitness was related to lipid and metabolic cardiovascular risks.i.e. higher aerobic capacity is associated with lower lipid and metabolic factors for cardiovascular disease.
Association between strength and health in children and adults
Good health practices are developed from conception time, through childhood, and are carried over to adulthood. According to Gerald and Berenson (2011) lack of comprehensive prenatal care results in low birth weight, an indicator of poor fetal growth and maturation which can be potentially an early risk factor for the emergence of metabolic disorders at a later stage of life.
Adequate food, proper shelter, and clothing are factors contributing to good health in children and adults. Susan et al (2011) advise one to eat a variety of nutritious food including vegetables, low fat, roughages as well as taking adequate amount of fluids. Strength is acquired through physical fitness. An exhibit of strength e.g. lifting an object is a combination of three factors, physiological strength, neurological strength, and mechanical strength. Edlin and Golanty (2009) explain the benefits of strength training to include reduction of body fats, reduced fatigue, improved metabolic rate, and lessening low back pain at an older age. Faigenbaun and Wayne (2009) also state the impact of strength training on skill-related fitness components to include power, balance, agility, and coordination.
Healthy and unhealthy behavior is established during the young stage, there has been an association between physical activities and their short-term/long-term consequences on health. Those who engage in strength training from a younger age are freed from obesity, sarcopenia, osteoporosis, and other immune disorders. The majority are also freed from drug addiction.
Physical fitness should be considered as a useful health marker and should be installed early childhood, and continued to be practiced during adolescence and adulthood. The latest research insists on the importance of understanding how to provide young lives with skills, know-how, attitude, and behaviors that can lead to lifetime muscle enhancing activities.
Muscle mass/strength and cardio-metabolic risk factors and diseases
Gerald and Berenson (2011) have associated cardiometabolic with inadequate physical activity, poor dietary habits, and genetic factors. Cardio-metabolic risk factors are age, gender, hypertension, elevated cholesterol levels, smoking, and diabetes.
Muscle strength is attained through vigorous physical activity. According to the International Journal of Obesity (2008), mechanisms behind the acquisition of muscle strength and reduction of cardio-metabolic risk are likely due to changes in body composition. For example, vigorous activities burn excess visceral fat hence reducing visceral obesity. More so, enhanced metabolic efficiency of muscles increases expression of GLUT-4 protein in skeletal muscle thus reduction in insulin resistance. A major risk factor for high blood pressure/hypertension is inactiveness. About physical activity, most reports show an induced reduction in blood pressure, although physical training alone would not bring normal blood pressure, it aids in lowering 4-6% mortality due to stroke and coronary heart disease. Indeed physical activity improves lipid concentration, through the balancing of high-Density Lipoprotein cholesterol and TGs and causes a reduction in apolipoprotein B levels. Hales (2009) suggests that age as a cardio-metabolic factor is due to a reduction in exercises, causing loss of muscle mass weight and gain.
Conclusion
In conclusion, muscle strength is indeed linked to cardio-metabolic factors. The association indicates a reduction in cardiometabolic risks in an increase of muscle strength. This is evidenced through the inclusion of physical activity as a part of a healthy lifestyle. It is also proven that strength training during childhood and adolescence has dramatic gain in muscle strength. There are unproven ideas that black women are unlikely to suffer cardio-metabolic disorders compared to white women. Could there be a genetic impact on muscle strength training or could it be due to different lifestyles?
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