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SUBMITTER: Beavers KM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5678994 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) 20171101 11
<h4>Objective</h4>To examine the long-term effects of exercise modality during weight loss on body composition and associations between body composition and physical function changes.<h4>Methods</h4>Two hundred forty-nine older adults (66.9 ± 4.7 years, 71% women, 32% African American, BMI: 34.4 ± 3.7 kg/m<sup>2</sup> ) were randomized to weight loss (WL; n = 82), WL plus aerobic training (WL + AT; n = 86), or WL plus resistance training (WL + RT; n = 81) for 18 months. Dual-energy x-ray absorpt ...[more]