In the authors' words
“This study provides evidences to clinical practice for menopause women that exercise, compared with nonexercise or placebo exerted significant benefits on body fat, waist circumference, triglyceride level, and lumbar spine bone mineral density.”
What was measured
- Body fat and weight Reported an improvement
- Cholesterol and lipids Reported an improvement
- Bone density Reported an improvement
About the study
- Type
- Meta-analysis
- Who took part
- Midlife women
- How many
- 792
- Exercise
- Other aerobic exercise, General physical activity
- Cited
- 16 times, per Europe PMC
- PubMed ID
- 29579505
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