Abstract
Upper-body obesity (UB Ob) is more strongly associated with adverse health consequences: however, few obesity-treatment studies have examined outcome according to body-fat distribution. To examine whether diet and formal- or informal-exercise instruction causes differential changes in health and lipid profiles, ten LB Ob and nine UB Ob premenopausal women received dietary intervention (2.1 MJ-deficit/d for 16 wk) and were randomly assigned to either formal- or informal-exercise instruction. Weight loss was similar between groups (≃8 kg), and no change occurred in lean body mass or basal metabolic rate. Baseline cholesterol and triglycerides were greater (P < 0.01) in UB Ob than LB Ob women and decreased more (P < 0.01) in response to treatment in UB Ob women. Formal exercise instruction increased high-density- lipoprotein cholesterol (P < 0.05) especially in UB Ob women. Future studies on treatment of obesity should include consideration of regional fat distribution.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 20-26 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | American Journal of Clinical Nutrition |
Volume | 57 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1993 |
Keywords
- Body composition
- caloric restriction
- exercise
- plasma lipids and lipoproteins
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Medicine (miscellaneous)
- Nutrition and Dietetics