Maintenance of improvements in fitness and fatness 1 year after a 3-month lifestyle intervention in overweight men
Abstract
Sustained improvements in cardiovascular fitness and body composition after lifestyle interventions are challenging. The present study investigated whether changes in cardiovascular fitness and body composition were maintained for up to 1 year after similar exercise-induced (T) or diet-induced weight loss (D) or exercise without weight loss (T-iD) in overweight sedentary men. Six and 12 months after the interventions, we measured cardiovascular fitness and body composition. Cardiovascular fitness was higher at both 6- (3.2±1.5 ml O 2/kg/min, P=0.053) and 12-month follow-up (3.9±1.4 ml O 2/kg/min, P=0.049) compared with pre-intervention in T. Fat mass (-3.0±1.2 kg, P=0.04) and abdominal fat (-3.6±1.5%, P=0.04) were lower within T at 12-month follow-up compared with pre-intervention. This did not occur in D (P>0.13) or T-iD (P>0.14), although body weight was lower in D (-2.5±2.2 kg, P=0.09). This study showed that fitness and fatness were not returned to pre-intervention levels 1 year after a 3-month exercise-induced weight-loss intervention.
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- Authors
- Rosenkilde, M., Nordby, P., & Stallknecht, B.
- Affiliations
- University of Copenhagen (DK)
- Corresponding author
- Rosenkilde, M
- Venue
- European Journal of Clinical Nutrition
- Published
- 2016-04-20
- Volume
- 70
- Issue
- 10
- Pages
- 1212-1214
- ISSN
- 0954-3007 (ISSN-L)
- 1476-5640
- OpenAlex
- W2341010695
- Cited by
- 15
- References
- 10
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 2 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 1
- FWCI
- 2.06
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- European Journal of Clinical Nutrition (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Research at the University of Copenhagen (University of Copenhagen) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Complementary and alternative medicine › Cardiovascular and exercise physiology
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Physical Activity and Health
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Keywords
- lifestyle intervention, cardiorespiratory fitness, body composition, fat mass, abdominal fat, exercise-induced weight loss, diet-induced weight loss, overweight men, sedentary men, long-term follow-up
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Body Composition, Cardiovascular Diseases, Diet, Reducing, Exercise Therapy, Humans, Male, Obesity, Morbid, Oxygen Consumption, Treatment Outcome, Young Adult
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