Effect of diet-induced weight loss on muscle strength in adults with overweight or obesity – a systematic review and meta-analysis of clinical trials

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 647-663

  Zibellini, J ^a   Seimon, R V ^a   Lee, C M Y ^a   Gibson, A A ^a   Hsu, M S H ^a   Sainsbury, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

diet (reducing); energy restriction; muscle dynamometry; obesity; very low energy diet; weight loss

Indexed keywords

BODY WEIGHT; DIET; DIET THERAPY; DYNAMOMETRY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FAT FREE MASS; GRIP STRENGTH; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OBESITY; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 84978864217     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/obr.12422     Document Type: Review

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