Effect of a long bout versus short bouts of walking on weight loss during a weight loss diet: a randomized trial

Madjd, Ameneh; Taylor, Moria A.; Delavari, Alireza; Malekzadeh, Reza; Macdonald, Ian A.; Farshchi, Hamid R.

Abstract

Objective: To evaluate the effect of different daily physical activity (PA) frequencies while maintaining the same daily volume of PA on weight loss, carbohydrate and lipid metabolism, in women with overweight/obesity throughout a 24- week intervention.
Methods: 65 women [BMI = 27- 35 kg/m²; age= 18-40 y] who had a sedentary lifestyle were randomly allocated to include either a longer-bout of PA (LBP), 50 min/d moderate-intensity PA, or two shorter-bouts of PA (SBP), two 25 min/d moderate intensity PA, 6 d/week during their weight loss plan. Anthropometric and blood measurements were taken at baseline and 24 weeks.
Results: Compared with the LBP group, the SBP group had a greater decrease in weight (SBP: -8.08 ± 2.20 kg; LBP: -6.39 ± 2.28 kg; P = 0.019), BMI (SBP: -3.11 ± 0.87 kg/m²; LBP: -2.47 ± 0.86 kg/m², P=0.027) and waist circumference (SBP: -8.78 ± 2.62 cm; LBP: -5.76 ± 2.03 cm; P = 0.026). No significant differences were seen in carbohydrate and lipid metabolism characteristics after the 24 weeks.
Conclusion: PA undertaken in 2 shorter-bouts per day could be more effective for weight loss than when undertaken in a daily long-bout in adult women on a 24 wk weight loss program.

Citation

Madjd, A., Taylor, M. A., Delavari, A., Malekzadeh, R., Macdonald, I. A., & Farshchi, H. R. (2019). Effect of a long bout versus short bouts of walking on weight loss during a weight loss diet: a randomized trial. Obesity, 27(4), 551-558. https://doi.org/10.1002/oby.22416

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jan 9, 2019
• Online Publication Date: Feb 9, 2019
• Publication Date: Feb 9, 2019
• Deposit Date: Jan 21, 2019
• Publicly Available Date: Feb 9, 2019
• Journal: Obesity
• Print ISSN: 1930-7381
• Electronic ISSN: 1930-739X
• Publisher: Wiley
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 27
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 551-558
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/oby.22416
• Keywords: Nutrition and Dietetics; Medicine (miscellaneous); Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism; Endocrinology
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1483561
• Publisher URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/oby.22416
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