Lifestyle Intervention of Hypocaloric Dieting and Walking Reduces Abdominal Obesity and Improves Coronary Heart Disease Risk Factors in Obese, Postmenopausal, African-American and Caucasian Women | Zendy

Barbara J. Nicklas | Zendy; Karen E. Dennis | Zendy; Dora M. Berman | Zendy; John D. Sorkin | Zendy; Alice S. Ryan | Zendy; Andrew P. Goldberg | Zendy

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Lifestyle Intervention of Hypocaloric Dieting and Walking Reduces Abdominal Obesity and Improves Coronary Heart Disease Risk Factors in Obese, Postmenopausal, African-American and Caucasian Women

Author(s) -

Barbara J. Nicklas,

Karen E. Dennis,

Dora M. Berman,

John D. Sorkin,

Alice S. Ryan,

Andrew P. Goldberg

Publication year - 2003

Publication title -

the journals of gerontology series a

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.134

H-Index - 189

eISSN - 1758-535X

pISSN - 1079-5006

DOI - 10.1093/gerona/58.2.m181

Subject(s) - medicine , overweight , body mass index , endocrinology , weight loss , dieting , obesity , blood pressure , triglyceride , blood lipids , abdominal obesity , impaired glucose tolerance , insulin resistance , cholesterol , metabolic syndrome

There are few empirical data to support the claim that weight loss improves coronary heart disease (CHD) risk factors in postmenopausal women; nor is it known if there are racial differences in changes of body fat distribution, lipids, glucose tolerance, and blood pressure with weight loss. This study determined the efficacy of a lifestyle weight loss intervention in reducing total and abdominal obesity and improving CHD risk factors in obese Caucasian and African-American postmenopausal women.

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