The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry
Authors: Barry LC, Steffens DC, Covinsky KE, Conwell Y, Li Y, Byers AL
Nature genetics
Authors: Waage J, Standl M, Curtin JA, Jessen LE, Thorsen J, Tian C, Schoettler N, 23andMe Research Team, AAGC collaborators, Flores C, Abdellaoui A, Ahluwalia TS, Alves AC, Amaral AFS, Antó JM, Arnold A, Barreto-Luis A, Baurecht H, van Beijsterveldt CEM, Bleecker ER, Bonàs-Guarch S, Boomsma DI, Brix S, Bunyavanich S, Burchard EG, Chen Z, Curjuric I, Custovic A, den Dekker HT, Dharmage SC, Dmitrieva J, Duijts L, Ege MJ, Gauderman WJ, Georges M, Gieger C, Gilliland F, Granell R, Gui H, Hansen T, Heinrich J, Henderson J, Hernandez-Pacheco N, Holt P, Imboden M, Jaddoe VWV, Jarvelin MR, Jarvis DL, Jensen KK, Jónsdóttir I, Kabesch M, Kaprio J, Kumar A, Lee YA, Levin AM, Li X, Lorenzo-Diaz F, Melén E, Mercader JM, Meyers DA, Myers R, Nicolae DL, Nohr EA, Palviainen T, Paternoster L, Pennell CE, Pershagen G, Pino-Yanes M, Probst-Hensch NM, Rüschendorf F, Simpson A, Stefansson K, Sunyer J, Sveinbjornsson G, Thiering E, Thompson PJ, Torrent M, Torrents D, Tung JY, Wang CA, Weidinger S, Weiss S, Willemsen G, Williams LK, Ober C, Hinds DA, Ferreira MA, Bisgaard H, Strachan DP, Bønnelykke K
The British journal of dermatology
Authors: Wehner MR, Dalma N, Landefeld C, Pare-Anastasiadou A, Koutelidas I, Chren MM, Aji N, Teng CE, Koenig BA, Tang J, Covinsky K, Linos E
Allergy
Authors: Farzan N, Vijverberg SJ, Hernandez-Pacheco N, Bel EHD, Berce V, Bønnelykke K, Bisgaard H, Burchard EG, Canino G, Celedón JC, Chew FT, Chiang WC, Cloutier MM, Forno E, Francis B, Hawcutt DB, Herrera-Luis E, Kabesch M, Karimi L, Melén E, Mukhopadhyay S, Merid SK, Palmer CN, Pino-Yanes M, Pirmohamed M, Potocnik U, Repnik K, Schieck M, Sevelsted A, Sio YY, Smyth RL, Soares P, Söderhäll C, Tantisira KG, Tavendale R, Tse SM, Turner S, Verhamme KM, Maitland-van der Zee AH
Pediatrics
Authors: Selekman RE, Shapiro DJ, Boscardin J, Williams G, Craig JC, Brandström P, Pennesi M, Roussey-Kesler G, Hari P, Copp HL
Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : JNCCN
Authors: Franc BL, Copeland TP, Thombley R, Park M, Marafino B, Dean ML, Boscardin WJ, Rugo HS, Seidenwurm D, Sharma B, Johnston SR, Dudley RA
JAMA | Volume 289 of Issue 3
Authors: Irwin ML, Yasui Y, Ulrich CM, Bowen D, Rudolph RE, Schwartz RS, Yukawa M, Aiello E, Potter JD, McTiernan A
CONTEXT
The increasing prevalence of obesity is a major public health concern. Physical activity may promote weight and body fat loss.
OBJECTIVE
To examine the effects of exercise on total and intra-abdominal body fat overall and by level of exercise.
DESIGN
Randomized controlled trial conducted from 1997 to 2001.
SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS
A total of 173 sedentary, overweight (body mass index > or =24.0 and >33% body fat), postmenopausal women aged 50 to 75 years who were living in the Seattle, Wash, area.
INTERVENTION
Participants were randomly assigned to an intervention consisting of exercise facility and home-based moderate-intensity exercise (n = 87) or a stretching control group (n = 86).
MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE
Changes in body weight and waist and hip circumferences at 3 and 12 months; total body, intra-abdominal, and subcutaneous abdominal fat at 12 months.
RESULTS
Twelve-month data were available for 168 women. Women in the exercise group participated in moderate-intensity sports/recreational activity for a mean (SD) of 3.5 (1.2) d/wk for 176 (91) min/wk. Walking was the most frequently reported activity. Exercisers showed statistically significant differences from controls in baseline to 12-month changes in body weight (-1.4 kg; 95% confidence interval [CI], -2.5 to -0.3 kg), total body fat (-1.0%; 95% CI, -1.6% to -0.4%), intra-abdominal fat (-8.6 g/cm2; 95% CI, -17.8 to 0.9 g/cm2), and subcutaneous abdominal fat (-28.8 g/cm2); 95% CI, -47.5 to -10.0 g/cm2). A significant dose response for greater body fat loss was observed with increasing duration of exercise.
CONCLUSIONS
Regular exercise such as brisk walking results in reduced body weight and body fat among overweight and obese postmenopausal women.
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