In the authors' words
“Exercise improved the maximal aerobic power and body composition equally when walking was performed in one or two daily bouts.”
What was measured
- Fitness Reported an improvement
- Body fat and weight Reported an improvement
About the study
- Type
- Randomised trial
- Who took part
- Postmenopausal
- How many
- 130
- How long
- 15 weeks
- Exercise
- Walking
- Cited
- 41 times, per Europe PMC
- PubMed ID
- 12121427
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Similar studies
- A review of 28 randomised trials in postmenopausal women aged 50 to 65 found walking combined with resistance training could preserve weight and bone density and increase muscle strength.
- A meta-analysis of 8 trials found walking programs of at least 4 weeks reduced BMI, body weight and body fat percentage in previously inactive perimenopausal and postmenopausal women.
- Sedentary, overweight postmenopausal women doing a year of moderate-intensity exercise, mostly walking, lost more body weight and body fat than a stretching control group.
- In 120 postmenopausal women and men aged 50-65, two years of higher or lower intensity endurance exercise improved treadmill fitness and modestly raised HDL cholesterol in home-based groups.