Separate Effects of Exercise Amount and Intensity on Adipose Tissue and Skeletal Muscle Mass in Adults with Abdominal Obesity

Autor: Theresa E. Cowan, Robert Ross, Andrea M. Brennan, Paula J. Stotz, Benoît Lamarche, John Clarke
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.)
ISSN: 1930-739X
1930-7381
Popis: OBJECTIVE To determine the effects of exercise amount (kilocalories per session) and intensity (percent of maximal oxygen consumption [% VO2 peak]) on adipose tissue (AT) and skeletal muscle (SM) in adults with abdominal obesity. METHODS Participants (n = 103; 52.7 ± 7.6 years) were randomized to the following groups: control; low-amount, low-intensity exercise (180 kcal/session [women] and 300 kcal/session [men] at 50% VO2 peak); high-amount, low-intensity exercise (HALI; 360 kcal/session [women] and 600 kcal/session [men] at 50% VO2 peak); or high-amount, high-intensity exercise (HAHI; 360 kcal/session [women] and 600 kcal/session [men] at 75% VO2 peak) for 24 weeks. Activities of daily living were measured by accelerometry. Magnetic resonance imaging was used to measure tissue mass. RESULTS Reduction in all AT depots was greater in the exercise groups compared with control (P 0.05). Visceral and abdominal subcutaneous AT reduction was uniform across the abdomen. Total SM mass did not change with exercise compared with control (P = 0.32). However, while lower-body SM mass was maintained (P = 0.32), upper-body SM mass in the high-amount, high-intensity and the high-amount, low-intensity groups was reduced compared with controls (P
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