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The Fat but Fit paradox: what we know and don’t know about it

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  • Francisco B Ortega PROFITH ‘PROmoting FITness and Health through physical activity’ Research Group, Department of Physical Education and Sports, Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Granada, Granada, Spain PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Jonatan R Ruiz PROFITH ‘PROmoting FITness and Health through physical activity’ Research Group, Department of Physical Education and Sports, Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Granada, Granada, Spain PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Idoia Labayen Department of Nutrition and Food Science, University of the Basque Country, Universidad del País Vasco/ Euskal Herrico Unibertsitatea (UPV/EHU), Vitoria, Spain PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Carl J Lavie Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, John Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute, Ochsner Clinical School, The University of Queensland School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Steven N Blair Department of Exercise Science, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, USA Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Dr Francisco B Ortega, PROFITH ‘PROmoting FITness and Health through physical activity’ Research Group, Department of Physical Education and Sports, Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Granada, Carretera de Alfacar s/n, Granada 18071, Spain; ortegaf{at}ugr.es
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Ortega FB, Ruiz JR, Labayen I, et al
The Fat but Fit paradox: what we know and don’t know about it
British Journal of Sports Medicine 2018;52:151-153.

Publication history

  • Accepted April 28, 2017
  • First published June 5, 2017.
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October 11, 2022

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