OBESITY PARADOX: MUSCLE HYPOTHESIS AND TACTICS OF PHYSICAL REHABILITATION
Overweight is a serious clinical and socioeconomic problem all over the world. In recent years the attention of many specialists has focused on the «obesity» paradox, that calls in question the negative role of overweight for the most common disease. It turns out that people with obesity live longer than thin people. Epidemiological studies revealed U-shaped curve relationship between body weight and total mortality in the population, and with age the curve shifts to the right. Planning trainings is important to remember, that the trainings should be focused basically on the largest extensor muscles of the lower half of the trunk. Strength trainings to build muscle mass with the fast fibers of IIb-tipe should be recommended in addition to endurance trainings to everybody and especially to a man in years.