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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION
Volume 59, Issue 5, Pages 685-694Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602130
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follow-up; fat-free mass; muscle strength; physical activity rating score; blood pressure; cholesterol
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Objective: To investigate the short- and medium-term ( ie, at 1-y follow-up) effects of a hospital-based body weight reduction (BWR) program lasting 3 weeks in severely obese individuals. Design: Longitudinal, clinical intervention study entailing energy-restricted diet, tailored aerobic-strength exercise, psychological counselling and nutritional education during a 3-week period followed by 49 weeks of indirect supervision at home. Subjects: In all, 45 women and 19 men aged 30.2 +/- 7.2 y ( mean +/- s.d.) with severe obesity (BMI: 41.3 +/- 4.3 kg/m(2)), classified as weight losers (final
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