Physical activity and preference for selected macronutrients.
OBJECTIVE
The impact of physical exercise on macronutrient preferences was examined with a perspective to improve preventive and therapeutic strategies of obesity.


METHODS
The literature was reviewed pertaining to the acute effects of physical activity and the short-term and chronic effects of exercise training on macronutrient preferences.


RESULTS
The presently available literature does not permit to establish a consensus regarding the impact of physical activity, be it acute or long-term, on macronutrient selection. However, one observation stands out and that is the fact that dietary fat intake needs to be controlled in order for exercise to produce a negative energy and fat balance.


CONCLUSIONS
Because active individuals do not systematically choose foods that are low in fat content, it is important to provide nutritional guidelines in a context where physical activity aims at reducing or better controlling body weight.
Tremblay
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Division of Kinesiology, PEPS, Laval University, Ste-Foy, Québec, Canada. angelo.tremblay@kin.msp.ulaval.ca
Drapeau
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D004032:Diet; D004041:Dietary Fats; D015444:Exercise / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D009747:Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D009765:Obesity / Q000517:prevention & control; D005082:Physical Exertion / Q000502:physiology*
D004041:Dietary Fats