Isolated aerobic exercise and weight loss: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 124, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 747-755

  Thorogood, Adrian ^a,b   Mottillo, Salvatore ^a,b,c   Shimony, Avi ^a,b   Filion, Kristian B ^d   Joseph, Lawrence ^e,f   Genest, Jacques ^f   Pilote, Louise ^e,f   Poirier, Paul ^g   Schiffrin, Ernesto L ^a,b   Eisenberg, Mark J ^a,b,e  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^g LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abdominal obesity; Aerobic exercise; Cardiovascular risk; Meta analysis; Obesity; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; INSULIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ABDOMINAL SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; AEROBIC EXERCISE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; ISOLATED AEROBIC EXERCISE; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BLOOD PRESSURE; EXERCISE; HUMANS; LIPID METABOLISM; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 79960805110     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: 15557162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2011.02.037     Document Type: Article

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