Gentle exercise of 40 minutes with dietary counseling is effective in treating metabolic syndrome

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 215, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 355-361

  Mitsui, Takahiro ^a   Shimaoka, Kiyoshi ^b   Tsuzuku, Shigeki ^c   Kajioka, Taeko ^d   Sakakibara, Hisataka ^e  

^a Hachinohe University   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^e NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Metabolic syndrome; Pedometer; Self training program

Indexed keywords

EID: 54749086386     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: 13493329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.215.355     Document Type: Article

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