In the authors' words
“Conversely a tailored diet and exercise program exerted no preventive effect, possibly because of the lower than expected effect on weight loss.”
What was measured
- Joint pain No difference found
About the study
- Type
- Randomised trial
- Who took part
- Midlife women, overweight or obesity
- How many
- 407
- How long
- 130 weeks
- Exercise
- Exercise with diet, Exercise with supplements
- Cited
- 14 times, per Europe PMC
- PubMed ID
- 26806185
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