New Clinical Insights into Exercise, Obesity, and Diabetes

Dear Colleagues,

With the introduction of new drugs for the treatment of obesity that have comparable results to bariatric surgery for weight loss, there is a need to rethink procedures, guidelines, and models of intervention. New approaches may impact obesity-related metabolic diseases, including type 2 diabetes, and may have an overall impact on health, advising a broader reflexion than just the weight loss alone. Lifestyle-change interventions, including physical activity and exercise, have been considered the base of the pyramid for obesity management and treatment for many years. On the verge of newly avaiable tools for the treatment and management of obesity, and considreing that that physical activity and exercise have shown consistently moderate results for weight loss, new models are being suggested for the treatment of obesity, underscoring psychological treatment, pharmacological treatment, and surgery as the pillars for obesity treatment. Nevertheless, lifestyle interventions have shown quality of life and health-related benefits, regardless of weight loss, in both obesity and diabetes management. Lifestyle interventions, particularly those including exercise, have been shown to be superior to alternatives, including to pharmacological therapy, in preventing the progression of prediabetes to diabetes. In this context, the role of lifestyle approaches for the management of obesity and diabetes, particularly that of physical activity and exercise, needs to be reassessed in order to warrant the best benefits and outcomes for the population. The aim of this Special Issue is to publish scientific articles related to the latest scientific evidence available on Clinical Insights into Exercise, Obesity, and Diabetes. We invite our colleagues to submit papers on these topics in this Special Issue.

The following formats are accepted in this Special Issue: reliability studies, validity studies, correlational studies, observational studies, study protocols, longitudinal studies, cross-sectional studies, case reports, qualitative studies, studies with discourse analysis, bibliometric reviews, narrative reviews, scoping reviews, systematic reviews, and meta-analyses.

Dr. Hugo Louro
Dr. Nuno M. Pimenta
Dr. Ana Conceição
Dr. Luis Leitão
Guest Editors

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