Effect of intensity of physical activity on body fatness and fat distribution

Tremblay, Angelo; Després, Jean‐Pierre; Leblanc, Claude; Craig, Cora L.; Ferris, Blake Franklyn; Stephens, Thomas M.; Bouchard, Claude

doi:10.1093/ajcn/51.2.153

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“…The maintainers reported engaging in more strenuous activities and over 50% of maintainers reported three or more sweat-inducing physical activity episodes each week compared to 31%-36% of regainers and controls. Studies have suggested that vigorous activity may be particularly helpful in improving long-term weight loss maintenance (26,27). It is possible that weight loss maintenance is facilitated by higher intensity activities or that the inclusion of higher intensity activities allows subjects to achieve a greater total level of physical activity.…”

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Behavioral Strategies of Individuals Who Have Maintained Long‐Term Weight Losses

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MCGUIRE, MAUREEN T., RENA R. WING, MARY L. KLEM, AND JAMES 0. HILL. Behavioral strategies of individuals who have maintained long-term weight losses. Obes Res. 1999;7:334-341. Objective: The purpose of the present study was to compare the behaviors of individuals who have achieved long-term weight loss maintenance with those of regainers and weightstable controls. Research Methods and Procedures: Subjects for the present study were participants in a random-digit dial telephone survey that used a representative sample of the U.S. adult population. Eating, exercise, self-weighing, and dietary restraint characteristics were compared among weight-loss maintainers: individuals who had intentionally lost 2 10% of their weight and maintained it for 2 1 year (n=69), weight-loss regainers: individuals who intentionally lost 210% of their weight but had not maintained it (n=56), and weight-stable controls: individuals who had never lost 210% of their maximum weight and had maintained their current weight (210 pounds) within the past 5 years (n = 113). Results: Weight-loss maintainers had lost an average of 37 pounds and maintained it for over 7 years. These individuals reported that they currently used more behavioral strategies to control dietary fat intake, have higher levels of physical activity (especially strenuous activity), and greater frequency of self-weighing than either the weight-loss regainers or weight-stable controls. Maintainers and regainers did not differ in reported levels of dietary restraint, but both had higher levels of restraint than the weight-stable controls. Discussion: These results suggest that weight-loss maintainers use more behavioral strategies to control their weight than either regainers or weight-stable controls. It would thus appear that long-term weight maintenance requires ongoing adherence to a low-fat diet and an exercise regimen in addition to continued attention to body weight.

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Behavioral Strategies of Individuals Who Have Maintained Long‐Term Weight Losses

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“…6 Moreover, a participation in vigorous PA is related with a lower adiposity. 7,8 Therefore, the amount as well as the intensity of PA might be important potential determinants of overweight and obesity in Japanese population.…”

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“…Although questionnaires have a disadvantage that subjects can easily overestimate or underestimate PA, 13 most population studies [4][5][6] have used a questionnaire to assess a daily PA because of its convenience. In some epidemiological studies, PA records were also used to estimate the amount and intensity of PA. 7,8 However, these procedures are very demanding for subjects. In contrast, the accelerometer is small, light, and easy to use.…”

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Long-period accelerometer monitoring shows the role of physical activity in overweight and obesity

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CONTEXT: Physical activity (PA) plays an important role in obesity. A new accelerometer has been developed to assess total energy expenditure as well as PA. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association of PA with overweight and obesity in Japanese men and women, a large crosssectional study was performed using a single-axis accelerometer. DESIGN, SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS: Population-based cross-sectional study of Japanese 18-84 y of age. Height, body weight and PA were measured in 400 male and 388 female Japanese volunteers from 1999 to 2000. The outcome measurements were overweight and obesity, which are defined as a body mass index Z25 kg/m 2 . PA was measured for 1 to 4 weeks and was then categorized into three activity levels, which were defined as light, moderate and vigorous PA. RESULTS: Prevalence of overweight and obesity was 22.3%. Number of steps and time spent in moderate and vigorous PA per day were lower in overweight and obese individuals. No difference was found in time spent in light PA. Individuals who are in the 4th and 5th quintile of moderate and vigorous PA showed a significantly lower body mass index. When odd ratios (ORs) of overweight and obesity estimated by logistic regression were used as effect measures, overweight and obesity were negatively associated with vigorous PA (ORs ¼ 0.91). CONCLUSION: These results indicate that overweight and obese individuals have a lower step rate and are spending less time for moderate to vigorous PA. Participation in vigorous PA is an important predictor of overweight and obesity.

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“…7 However, concerning weight control, the question as to whether a minimum exercise intensity is required in order to maintain weight and body composition remains open. Some experimental data indicate that high-intensity activity may confer substantial bene®ts for weight control, 8 but it is unclear whether the intensity of the physical activities instead of the total energy expended is important in maintaining weight loss 9 or preventing weight gain in free-living subjects.…”

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Leisure-time physical activity and regular walking or cycling to work are associated with adiposity and 5 y weight gain in middle-aged men: the PRIME Study

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OBJECTIVE:To examine the in¯uence of physical activity on body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (W) and body mass changes (DBMI) in middle-aged men, with special regard to moderate-intensity activities. DESIGN: Longitudinal study of adults who participated in the PRIME Study. SUBJECTS: A cohort of 8865 men aged 50±59 y, free of coronary heart disease. MEASUREMENTS: BMI and W at baseline, body mass changes over a 5 y period. Detailed baseline assessment of net energy expenditure due to physical activity (PAE) in the preceding year, according to category of activity, by means of the MOSPA Questionnaire. PAE was expressed in weekly metabolic equivalent scores (MET haweek). RESULTS: After adjustment for confounders, the multiple regression analyses indicated that BMI, W and DBMI were inversely associated with PAE spent in getting to work (P`10 75 ,`10 75 and 0.04, respectively) and practice of high-intensity ( ! 6 MET) recreational activities (`0.01,`10 75 and`0.01). Men who regularly spent more than 10 MET haweek in walking or cycling to work had a mean BMI, W and DBMI respectively 0.3 kgam 2 , 1 cm and 0.06 kgam 2 lower than those who did not expend energy in getting to work. In the subgroup of subjects who did not perform high-intensity activities, the level of recreational PAE was inversely associated with BMI and W but not with subsequent weight-gain. CONCLUSION: These ®ndings indicate that, in middle-aged men, physical activities of moderate-intensity, which are probably easier to promote than more vigorous activities and, in particular, a more current daily activity, walking or cycling to work, may have a favourable effect on body fat markers and body mass gain. International Journal of Obesity (2001) 25, 940±948

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Effect of intensity of physical activity on body fatness and fat distribution

Cited by 191 publications

References 13 publications

Behavioral Strategies of Individuals Who Have Maintained Long‐Term Weight Losses

Behavioral Strategies of Individuals Who Have Maintained Long‐Term Weight Losses

Long-period accelerometer monitoring shows the role of physical activity in overweight and obesity

Leisure-time physical activity and regular walking or cycling to work are associated with adiposity and 5 y weight gain in middle-aged men: the PRIME Study

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