Women who participate in a structured weight loss program with resistance-exercise experience more favorable changes in body composition when compared to other popular weight loss programs Conference Paper uri icon

abstract

  • 127 sedentary women (4612 yr, 45.55% body fat, 35.15 kg/m2) were randomized to participate in a control group (C) or the Curves Complete program with online support (CC), Weight Watchers Points Plus (WW), Jenny Craig (JC), or Nutrisystem Advance Select (NS) weight loss programs for 12wks. Body mass, DEXA body composition, and resting energy expenditure (REE) measurements were obtained at 0, 4, 8, & 12 wks and analyzed by MANOVA. Data are presented as changes from baseline after 12wks. Participants in the diet groups lost similar amounts of body mass (C 0.13.1; CC 6.13.2; WW 4.33.5; JC 5.33.8; NS 5.14.5 kg, p=0.001). However, participants in the CC group experienced significantly greater loss in fat mass (C 0.02.0; CC 5.22.8; WW 2.22.6; JC 3.53.3; NS 2.32.5 kg, p=0.001), less loss in FFM (C 0.12.3; CC 0.72.5; WW 1.82.3; JC 1.82.1; NS 2.42.2 kg, p=0.002), and greater reductions in percent body fat (C 0.11.7; CC 3.32.3; WW 0.62.5; JC 1.42.4; NS 0.21.7%, p=0.001). REE tended to differ among groups (C 39190; CC 0154; WW 108159; JC 27206; NS 43206 kcal/d, p=0.07). Results indicate that participation in the CC program promotes more favorable changes in body composition than other popular weight loss programs.

published proceedings

  • FASEB JOURNAL

author list (cited authors)

  • Lockard, B., Baetge, C., Levers, K., Galvan, E., Jagim, A., Simbo, S., ... Kreider, R.

citation count

  • 1

complete list of authors

  • Lockard, B||Baetge, C||Levers, K||Galvan, E||Jagim, A||Simbo, S||Byrd, M||Jung, YP||Oliver, J||Koozehchian, M||Dalton, R||Khanna, D||Sanchez, B||Kresta, J||Horrell, K||Leopold, T||Cho, M||Springer, S||Rivera, A||Cerda, C||Rasmussen, C||Kreider, R

publication date

  • April 2013

publisher