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Walking Football During Ramadan Fasting for Cardiometabolic and Psychological Health Benefits to the Physically Challenged and Aged Populations
Concurrent exercise and intermittent fasting regimens for long periods have been shown to enhance cardiometabolic health in healthy individuals. As exercise and fasting confer health benefits independently, we propose that Muslims who are fasting, especially those experiencing health and clinical ch...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8786710/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35087855 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2021.779863 |
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author | Zainudin, Sueziani Binte Salle, Dee Dee A. Aziz, Abdul Rashid |
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description | Concurrent exercise and intermittent fasting regimens for long periods have been shown to enhance cardiometabolic health in healthy individuals. As exercise and fasting confer health benefits independently, we propose that Muslims who are fasting, especially those experiencing health and clinical challenges, continually engage in physical activity during the Ramadan month. In this opinion piece, we recommend walking football (WF) as the exercise of choice among Muslims who are fasting. WF can be played by any individual regardless of the level of fitness, skills, and age. WF has been shown to elicit cardiovascular and metabolic stress responses, which are suitable for populations with low fitness levels. Most importantly, WF has the inherent characteristics of being a fun team activity requiring social interactions among participants and, hence, likely to encourage long-term consistent and sustainable participation. |
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spelling | pubmed-87867102022-01-26 Walking Football During Ramadan Fasting for Cardiometabolic and Psychological Health Benefits to the Physically Challenged and Aged Populations Zainudin, Sueziani Binte Salle, Dee Dee A. Aziz, Abdul Rashid Front Nutr Nutrition Concurrent exercise and intermittent fasting regimens for long periods have been shown to enhance cardiometabolic health in healthy individuals. As exercise and fasting confer health benefits independently, we propose that Muslims who are fasting, especially those experiencing health and clinical challenges, continually engage in physical activity during the Ramadan month. In this opinion piece, we recommend walking football (WF) as the exercise of choice among Muslims who are fasting. WF can be played by any individual regardless of the level of fitness, skills, and age. WF has been shown to elicit cardiovascular and metabolic stress responses, which are suitable for populations with low fitness levels. Most importantly, WF has the inherent characteristics of being a fun team activity requiring social interactions among participants and, hence, likely to encourage long-term consistent and sustainable participation. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-01-11 /pmc/articles/PMC8786710/ /pubmed/35087855 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2021.779863 Text en Copyright © 2022 Zainudin, Salle and Aziz. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Nutrition Zainudin, Sueziani Binte Salle, Dee Dee A. Aziz, Abdul Rashid Walking Football During Ramadan Fasting for Cardiometabolic and Psychological Health Benefits to the Physically Challenged and Aged Populations |
title | Walking Football During Ramadan Fasting for Cardiometabolic and Psychological Health Benefits to the Physically Challenged and Aged Populations |
title_full | Walking Football During Ramadan Fasting for Cardiometabolic and Psychological Health Benefits to the Physically Challenged and Aged Populations |
title_fullStr | Walking Football During Ramadan Fasting for Cardiometabolic and Psychological Health Benefits to the Physically Challenged and Aged Populations |
title_full_unstemmed | Walking Football During Ramadan Fasting for Cardiometabolic and Psychological Health Benefits to the Physically Challenged and Aged Populations |
title_short | Walking Football During Ramadan Fasting for Cardiometabolic and Psychological Health Benefits to the Physically Challenged and Aged Populations |
title_sort | walking football during ramadan fasting for cardiometabolic and psychological health benefits to the physically challenged and aged populations |
topic | Nutrition |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8786710/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35087855 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2021.779863 |
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