A 6-Month Exercise Intervention Among Inactive and Overweight Favela-Residing Women in Brazil : The Caranguejo Exercise Trial | Zendy

João Guilherme Bezerra Alves | Zendy; Catharine R. Galé | Zendy; Nanette Mutrie | Zendy; Jailson B. Correia | Zendy; G. David Batty | Zendy

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A 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. Galé,

Nanette Mutrie,

Jailson B. Correia,

G. David Batty

Publication year - 2008

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.

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