OBJECTIVE: To assist health professionals who counsel patients with overweight and
obesity, a systematic review was undertaken to determine types of weight-loss interventions …

Randomised controlled trials have shown that exercise training has a mild or moderate
favourable effect on many metabolic and cardiovascular risk factors that constitute or are …

Background: Many epidemiologic studies have found an association between physical
activity and breast cancer risk, although this has not been a consistent finding. Methods …

The majority of randomized, controlled trials (RCTs) show only modest weight loss with
exercise intervention alone, and slight increases in weight loss when exercise intervention is …

Objective: It has been suggested that exercise has preferential effects on visceral fat
reduction. However, the dose–response effect remains unclear because of limited evidence …

Objectives: The effect of national exercise recommendations on adiposity is unknown and
may differ by sex. We examined long‐term effects of aerobic exercise on adiposity in women …

Objective: To compare reliability and limits of agreement of soft tissue cross‐sectional areas
obtained using Slice‐O‐Matic and NIH ImageJ medical imaging software packages …

Abstract The International Agency for Research on Cancer estimates that 25% of cancer
cases worldwide are caused by overweight or obesity and a sedentary lifestyle. These …

Abstract Background: American women aged 25–44 y gain 0.5–1 kg yearly, most of which is
fat. Because few midlife women participate in strength training, this mode of activity may be a …

The prevalence of obesity is high and continues to increase. Obesity is a leading risk factor
for premature mortality and numerous chronic health conditions. The role of physical activity …