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Exercise training prevents regain of visceral fat for 1 year following weight loss.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  19816413     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The purpose of this study was to determine what effect aerobic and resistance exercise training has on gain of visceral fat during the year following weight loss. After being randomly assigned to aerobic training, resistance training, or no exercise training, 45 European-American (EA) and 52 African-American (AA) women lost 12.3 +/- 2.5 kg on a 800 kcal/day diet. Computed tomography was used to measure abdominal subcutaneous and visceral adipose tissue, whereas total fat and regional fat (leg, arm, and trunk) were measured by dual energy X-ray absorptiometry after weight loss and 1 year following the weight loss. Because not all the subjects adhered to the 2 time/week 40 min/day exercise training during the 1-year follow-up, subjects were divided into five groups for analysis: aerobic adherers, aerobic nonadherers, resistance adherers, resistance nonadherers, and no exercise. No significant differences were observed between the aerobic training and resistance training adherers for any variable. However, the aerobic (3.1 kg) and resistance (3.9 kg) exercise adherers gained less weight than any of the other three groups (all >6.2 kg). In addition, the two exercise adherence groups did not significantly increase visceral fat (<0.8%) as compared with the 38% increase for the two nonadhering exercise groups and the 25% for the nonexercise group. In conclusion, as little as 80 min/week aerobic or resistance training had modest positive effects on preventing weight regain following a diet-induced weight loss. More importantly, both aerobic and resistance training prevented regain of potentially harmful visceral fat.
Authors:
Gary R Hunter; David W Brock; Nuala M Byrne; Paula C Chandler-Laney; Pedro Del Corral; Barbara A Gower
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Randomized Controlled Trial; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't     Date:  2009-10-08
Journal Detail:
Title:  Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.)     Volume:  18     ISSN:  1930-7381     ISO Abbreviation:  Obesity (Silver Spring)     Publication Date:  2010 Apr 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-03-29     Completed Date:  2010-09-02     Revised Date:  2011-05-25    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  101264860     Medline TA:  Obesity (Silver Spring)     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  690-5     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Human Studies, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA. ghunter@uab.edu
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Absorptiometry, Photon
Adult
African Americans
Diet, Reducing
European Continental Ancestry Group
Exercise*
Exercise Therapy
Female
Humans
Intra-Abdominal Fat*
Lipid Metabolism*
Middle Aged
Obesity, Abdominal / prevention & control*
Patient Compliance
Resistance Training*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Weight Loss / physiology*
Young Adult
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
M01 RR000032-47/RR/NCRR NIH HHS; M01-RR00032/RR/NCRR NIH HHS; P30 DK056336-039001/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS; P30-DK56336/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS; R01 DK 49779/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS; R01 DK049779-08/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS; R01 DK051684-07/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS; R01 DK51684/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS
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