EXERCISE AS AN ADJUNCT TO WEIGHT-LOSS AND MAINTENANCE IN MODERATELY OBESE SUBJECTS
EXERCISE AS AN ADJUNCT TO WEIGHT-LOSS AND MAINTENANCE IN MODERATELY OBESE SUBJECTS
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DOI:
10.1093/ajcn/49.5.1115
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发表时间:
1989-05-01
影响因子:
7.1
通讯作者:
STEFFEE, WP
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作者:
PAVLOU, KN;KREY, S;STEFFEE, WP
It is generally accepted that obesity, defined as> 20% above ideal body weight, represents a significant health hazard (1-6). In spite of this risk, usual medical forms of therapy for obesity are unsuccessful. It has been well documented that the l000-kcal diet, as dispensed in the physicians office, fails in 95% ofcases to result in at least a 10-kg weight loss (7). Of equal concern is the experi-ence that most patients, even if successful with weight loss, will fail to maintain the lesser weight and return to the obese state (7-13).A clinical program developed at Boston University Medical Center, which encouraged a multidisciplinary approach to the treatment ofobesity, including exercise, suggested that the only patients to successfully maintain their weight loss were those who actively participated in a supervised exercise program. This observation led to a small pilot study to define the effects of exercise on weight loss and a larger, randomized clinical trial to eval-uate the role of exercise in relation to the type of diet, the rate of weight loss, and the effects of a defined 8-wk exercise experience on long-term maintenance.