In the authors' words
“Exercisers showed statistically significant differences from controls in baseline to 12-month changes in body weight (-1.4 kg; 95% confidence interval [CI], -2.5 to -0.3 kg), total body fat (-1.0%; 95% CI, -1.6% to -0.4%), intra-abdominal fat (-8.6 g/cm2; 95% CI, -17.8 to 0.9 g/cm2), and subcutaneous abdominal fat (-28.8 g/cm2); 95% CI, -47.5 to -10.0 g/cm2).”
What was measured
- Body fat and weight Reported an improvement
About the study
- Type
- Randomised trial
- Who took part
- Postmenopausal, overweight or obesity, sedentary at entry
- How many
- 168
- How long
- 52 weeks
- Exercise
- Walking, Other aerobic exercise
- Cited
- 292 times, per Europe PMC
- PubMed ID
- 12525233
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