Body Composition Changes after a Weight Loss Intervention: A 3-Year Follow-Up Study.

ABSTRACT: Studies comparing different types of exercise-based interventions have not shown a consistent effect of training on long-term weight maintenance. The aim of this study was to compare the effects of exercise modalities combined with diet intervention on body composition immediately after intervention and at 3 years' follow-up in overweight and obese adults. Two-hundred thirty-nine people (107 men) participated in a 6-month diet and exercise-based intervention, split into four randomly assigned groups: strength group (S), endurance group (E), combined strength and endurance group (SE), and control group (C). The body composition measurements took place on the first week before the start of training and after 22 weeks of training. In addition, a third measurement took place 3 years after the

SUBMITTER: Rojo-Tirado MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7825716 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature