NCT03833791

Effect of Different Physical Programs on the Body Composition of Adult Men and Women With an Initial Body Fat >25% and >30%, Respectively.

Effect of the Prescription of Physical Activity on the Fat, Muscle Mass, and Body Weight of Overweight or Adult Men and Women: Randomized Clinical Trial of 6 Month Duration.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 220 (actual)
• Sponsor: Universidad de Córdoba · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Compare the Effect of Different Physical Programs on the Body Composition of Adult Women and Men With a Total Body Fat Percentage ≥ 30 % at the Beginning of the Test or BMI ≥25

Detailed description

Weight loss by exercise can be frequently deceptive. The focus continues to be centred around total body weight and body mass index (BMI), despite the fact that body fat and fat-free mass are the indicators that represent the greatest risk in the comorbidity associated with obesity. Body weight per se cannot be considered to be reliable; however, its quality can be justified, when measured together with the loss in body fat and the maintenance or increase in fat-free mass. The purpose of the study is compare the effect of different physical programs (FA) on the body composition (BC) of adult women with a total body fat percentage ≥ 30 % and adult men with a BMI ≥25 at the beginning of the test. Participants (n=220, women = 110, men = 110) will be recruited through outpatient from private clinics in Cádiz, Andalucía, Spain, as well as through community presentations. Overweight or obese and sedentary women and men will be randomly assigned into three groups according to different levels of AF. 21 of the participants will be assigned to the sedentary control group (METs \<2.9), 20 in a group of moderate AF (METs 3-5.9), and 19 will be assigned to the group of intense AF (METs \>6). For 6 months, all of the women shall follow the same diet with an identical distribution of macronutrients. There will be a weekly check up of weight, fat, body water and muscle mass for all of them.

Conditions

• Overweight
• Obesity

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	education and modifying diet	The control group maintains a sedentary lifestyle and is only subjected to follow a hypocaloric diet
BEHAVIORAL	education, modifying diet and physical activity prescription	One group, in addition to fulfilling a hypocaloric diet identical to the control group, is subjected to prescribe moderate physical activity. Other group, in addition to fulfilling a hypocaloric diet identical to the control and moderate group, is subjected to prescribe intense activity.

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-01-01
• Primary completion: 2018-12-15
• Completion: 2019-06-01
• First posted: 2019-02-07
• Last updated: 2021-01-25