ArticleOsteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA2014
The effect of a 3-month moderate-intensity physical activity program on body composition in overweight and obese African American college females.
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- A Systematic Narrative Review of Recent Obesity Interventions with Black Women in the United States.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2025Pooled it
- Effectiveness of Physical-Activity-Based Interventions Targeting Overweight and Obesity among University Students-A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Rationale, design, and baseline findings from HIPP: A randomized controlled trial testing a home-based, individually-tailored physical activity print intervention for African American women in the Deep South.Contemporary clinical trials · 2016Trial
- Benefits and barriers to physical activity among African women: A systematic review.Sports medicine and health science · 2023Review
- Association of Reallocating Time in Different Intensities of Physical Activity with Weight Status Changes among Normal-Weight Chinese Children: A National Prospective Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Physical activity interventions in African American women: A systematic review.Health promotion perspectives · 2017Review
- Short- and long-term reproducibility of marrow adipose tissue quantification by 1H-MR spectroscopy.Skeletal radiology · 2016Article
- Effect of aerobic exercise on bone health in postmenopausal women with obesity: Balancing benefits with caloric restriction and resistance exercise.Tzu chi medical journalReview
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summaryThis study evaluated body composition outcomes following a 3-month exercise program for overweight/obese Black women. BMI decreased over the 3-month study despite an observed increase in body fat. Enhancements in bone marrow density and muscle density were also observed. Results show promising yet hypothesis-generating findings to explore in future research.
introductionFew studies have evaluated the relationship between aerobic physical activity (PA) and body composition among young adult overweight/obese African American (AA) women. PURPOSE: The current study evaluated the effect of a 3-month moderate-intensity aerobic physical activity intervention for overweight and obese young adult women on bone, lean, and fat mass.
methodsParticipants (n = 15) were a randomly selected subset of AA female college students (M age = 21.7 years; M BMI = 33.3) enrolled in a larger PA promotion pilot study (n = 31). Study protocol required participants to engage in four 30-60-min moderate-intensity aerobic PA sessions each week. Whole body composition was measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA), and peripheral quantitative computed tomography (pQCT) was used to assess additional quantitative and qualitative assessment of the radius.
resultsBMI decreased over the duration of the study (P = .034), reflected by a marginal decrease in body weight (P = .057). However, unexpectedly, increases in adipose tissue measures were observed, including total body fat (P = .041), percent body fat (P = .044), trunk fat (P = .031), and percent trunk fat (P = .041). No changes in DXA-measured bone outcomes were observed (i.e., bone mineral density, P = .069; bone mineral content, P = .211). Results from the pQCT assessment showed that bone marrow density increased (P = .011), but cortical density remained stable (P = .211). A marginally significant increase in muscle density (P = .053) and no changes in muscle area (P = .776) were observed.
conclusionsA 3-month moderate-intensity PA program was associated with several promising findings, including increased bone marrow and stabilization of body weight. However, the increase in adipose tissue and trend for decreased bone mineral density were unexpected and indicate the need for future studies with larger samples to further explore these outcomes.
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