Weight Gain Study - Women
The Women's Healthy Lifestyle Project included
535 pre-menopausal women who were randomly designated to either a behavioral
lifestyle intervention group, in which they were on a low-fat, reduced-calorie
diet and physical activity, or to an assessment-only control group. Four
and a half years into the study, twice as many women in the intervention
group were at or below their original weight (an average weight loss of
0.18 pounds) compared with the control group, which had progressively
gained weight (an average weight gain of 5.2 pounds) over the course of
the study. Overall, the study showed that both physical activity and reducing
saturated fat in the diet are key to preventing weight gain.
Source: 2000 Press Release: North American
Association For The Study Of Obesity
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