Open AccessA 6-Month Exercise Intervention Among Inactive and Overweight Favela-Residing Women in Brazil : The Caranguejo Exercise Trial
Author(s) -
João Guilherme Bezerra Alves,
Catharine R. Gale,
Nanette Mutrie,
Juliana Mendes Correia,
G. David Batty
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2007.124495
Subject(s) - medicine , overweight , randomized controlled trial , physical therapy , weight loss , body mass index , confidence interval , obesity , aerobic exercise , physical exercise , demography , gerontology , sociology
We examined the viability and efficacy of a known quantity of exercise in facilitating weight loss among previously sedentary or irregularly active overweight and obese adult women residing in a slum (favela) in Brazil.