The effects of exercise and diet program in overweight people - Nordic walking versus walking.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Nordic walking (NW) has been recommended as a form of exercise for clinical populations. Despite intervention programs designed to face a clinical status may last several months, no longitudinal studies have compared the effect of NW to another usual form of exercise, like walking (W). We evaluated the effects of diet combined with a long-supervised NW versus W training on body composition, aerobic capacity and strength in overweight adults.

Patients and methods

Thirty-eight participants, randomized into a NW (n=19, 66±7 years, body mass index (BMI) 33±5)) and a W (n=19, 66±8 years, BMI 32±5) group, followed a diet and a supervised training routine 3 times/week for 6 months. The variables assessed at baseline, after 3 and 6 months were: anthropometric indexes (ie, BM

SUBMITTER: Muollo V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6717875 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature