Walking & Weight Loss - Study
Dose-response effect of walking exercise
on weight loss. How much is enough?
Walking & Weight Loss Study - Aim
Exercise is the cornerstone of behavioral weight loss programs. The total
volume of exercise needed to both promote weight loss and elicit health
benefits has not been sufficiently investigated. The aim of this study
was to examine the effects of two different volumes of walking 'metabolic
fitness' exercise prescriptions, in combination with a low-fat, ad libitum
diet (LFAL) on weight loss and additional modifiable health-related variables
(HRV) in an ethnically diverse sample of overweight premenopausal women.
Walking & Weight Loss Study - Design
Clinical 12 week weight loss intervention study with a 5.0-5.8 MJ diet
daily with (a). participants walking 30 min, 5 days per week (DEX1), (b).
participants walking 60 min, five times per week (DEX2) or (c). a diet
only control group (DO).
Walking & Weight Loss Study - Subjects
A mixed racial sample (predominantly Hispanic) of 56 subjects (mean BMI=34.26+/-6.61,
mean age= 39.45+/-7.34) completed the 12 week program.
Walking & Weight Loss Study - Measurements
Various body weight, body composition and fat distribution variables,
dietary intake and additional HRV such as blood lipids, blood pressure
and an estimate of cardiorespiratory fitness at baseline and after 3 months.
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Theories about how to lose weight, how to reduce obesity and general weight
management are constantly changing along with ideas about which weight
loss diet program is best and so forth. At present, however, a balanced
diet combined with regular exercise remains the favorite weight loss strategy
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